Timber Series

These newest wood sculptures from my Timber Series were created to be hung on a wall, referencing their intended use as building materials. At the same time I strive to express the power, strength and expansive potential of the original trees, thwarted as they are by having been reduced to construction lumber. Working with my deceased father’s tools, I carve deep into the planed lumber following the linear grain of the wood in search of the branches enclosed inside the beams to free the tree within. 

The knots where the sap used to rise mark where the branches were amputated. I seal them in luminous 23 K gold and aluminum leaf.