On the Tree

Andrew cut these two square panels from out of our charming pressed-metal ceilings (to create heat vents!) They were quite beautiful as they were, yet I thought they could work well as base grounds for Easter artworks that year.... & in my tree series.

Although small & unobtrusive, the meaning/reality behind this duo is beyond expression. To me they are the most significant pieces in the room, in holding  “the key” to all the others.

CRUCIFIXION TREE
RESURRECTION TREE

Here is Life! You can’t have one without the other either.... I was pleased at the outset by the inherent patterns in the metal, which informed & enhanced the subsequent paintings on them. The first was a grid design; rigid, confining, prison-like. The second was an organic design; flourishing out to the 4 corners from the central cross. Parched horror .... to .... blooming joy!