TREES - SKIN DEEP

Beyond the abstractions of skin-deep colors and textures and shapes, the bark is the first layer we encounter. Through the post- processing of digital images, I have aimed to highlight, sometimes in an impressionistic way, the unique characteristics of each tree’s bark.

Sycamore

Japanese Black Pine

Japanese Black Pine

Sycamore

Asian Black Birch

Asian Black Birch

European Beech

Japanese Black Pine

Japanese Black Pine

Dahurian Birch

Modoc Cypress (Copy)

Modoc Cypress (Copy)

Japanese Stewartia (Copy)

Japanese Stewartia (Copy)

Hemlock Limbs (Copy)

Hemlock Limbs (Copy)

Paperbark Maple

Paperbark Maple

Spruce

Hinoki Cypress

Saw-leaf Zelkova

Saw-leaf Zelkova

Hawthorn

Dotted Hawthorn

Dotted Hawthorn

Silver Maple

Tea Crabapple