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Blue
Stain
Growing up in Colorado, I am
reminded every day of the majestic
beauty of the Rocky Mountains and
the reason I, and many other people
live here. Nature is a continuum of
life and death, growth and decay but
the past few years have seen an
unprecedented decline of the pine
forests. The little bug the size of
a grain of rice that ravages these
trees is not new but the depth and
breadth of its appetite is. Wide
swaths of forest turn from green to
orange in a matter of months as one
wonders what may lie ahead.
Is this nature’s way of
regeneration?
Is a catastrophic fire inevitable?
What will this habitat look like in
10 years? 50 years?
Is there anything to be done?
My current series draws from this
sense of concern and records the
organic forms and the detritus that
is left over. Sick trees exhibit a
ghostly blue stain that meanders
through the growth rings - a stamp
or death certificate for that tree.
There is also a natural beauty in
the stains and the crosscut forms of
the trees. I am interested in the
formal aesthetics of this
environment. The trees had been
pillars of strength, offering
shelter and a diverse habitat - that
has now changed. |
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