Forests are filled with magic, mystery and a sense of
intrigue. Like humans, every tree in the forest has its own unique attributes and personality. In these works, the artist
initially used trees as a way to add vertical dimension or quite literally chop up the landscape. In patchwork like compositions,
the artist further increased the sense of mystery by adding human faces, feet and hands with paint or a heat transfer
technique. In more recent works, these trees have become more three dimensional and have taken on more human like forms. In
Old Elm Speaks, based on a poem by Kristine O'Connell George, the tree forms a facial expression as it imparts
knowledge to its young sapling. The work presented in this series is vibrant and bold at a glance, but on closer inspection,
mysterious and fantastical, a bit like a fairy tale run amok.