Trees II

Author: Gunnar
Tags: Arizona, aspen, Canyon de Chelly, cottonwood, Maine, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Mountain, trees

2006

In the Woods 

Fifteen years after Trees I, I returned to my earliest motif. Trees were no longer a subject to be mastered, I saw their nuances and spirit in a way I had not earlier in my career. In deconstructing these images, I walked a fine line between representation and abstraction, yet when I released control and allowed the trees to speak, their story informed my lens.