Between the Blinds

Installation view of Tree of Tenere, 2008 at Room Gallery, UCI as part of California Biennial 2008.
Lambda c-print mounted on aluminum, letterbox ceiling light
82 x 72 inches framed

I came across an image of the Lonely Tree of Tenere, an acacia standing alone in the vast, hostile expanse of the Sahara Desert. I discovered that in 1973 this tree met an improbable end when a Libyian truck driver accidentally drove into it even though there were no other trees within 250 miles. The tree perished from the collision.


Tree of Tenere, circa 1973, 2008
Lambda c-print mounted on aluminum
82 x 72 inches framed

Tree of Tenere is from a series entitled "Between the Blinds", which begins with a drawing performed on the studio floor using my feet, black roll paper and photo luminescent powder pigment.
Mustang Willow, NC, Raleigh, circa 1983, 2008
Lambda c-print mounted on aluminum
95 x 79 inches framed

Name Trees, Saint Pierre de Varengeville-Duclair Forest, Rouen Normandy, circa 1945, 2009
Lambda c-print mounted on aluminum
46 x 78 inches framed



Twenty Grand, Saint Pierre de Varengeville-Duclair Forest, Rouen Normandy, circa 1945, 2009
Lambda c-print mounted on aluminum
78 x 46 inches framed



Burial Tree, 2009
Lambda c-print mounted on aluminum
39 x 80 inches framed