The Tree

October 30, 2005
Aluminum Monotype
7"x5"

At first I was not happy with this print and the drawing almost never made it onto a plate. But there is something about the variety of marks that is starting to speak to me.

The lone tree is broken up into several different groups of leaves and branches but still reads as a single form. And the agitated sky reminds me of the cool fall we had this year.

Grass, brush and hill all move silently around the tree as if to embrace and support the tall form all alone in this field.