Tenacious Trees I in Loblolly Preserve

oil on canvass; 47" x 27"; 2014

Past, present, and future: The bank has eroded to expose the root systems of trees clinging to the banks of Hogtown Creek. They lean over the creek, their trajectory foretold.

Tenacious Trees II in Loblolly Preserve

oil on canvass; 42" x 44"; 2014

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Trees fall across Hogtown Creek as the banks erode. Mushrooms, lichen and ants play their role in life's cycles by decomposing those fallen trees.

Tenacious Trees III at Loblolly Preserve

oil on canvass; 42" x 44"; 2014

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Life cycle in past, present and future: The tree's graceful ropy roots cling to the eroding bank. It's destiny displayed by the angle over Hogtown Creek. Below, the life cycle of an Imperial moth who is well camouflaged among autumn leaves.

Tenacious Trees #4 at Loblolly Preserve

oil on canvas; 40x30"; 2017

frame from local old pine

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