Woodcut print
Image size: 24x24”
Paper size: 28x28”
Frame size: 30x30"
Edition size: 25
Number of artist’s proofs: 2
Printed: 2023
Paper: Japanese (Shoji Natural)
Ink: Oil-based (Vanson CS101 Rubber Base Black)
Block: The image was carved in cherry veneer plywood.
 
Note: This print is also available framed, for $670, local pick up only. Please contact me if you are interested.
 
I drew this image from a photo I took of my parents during a walk on Big Island (which is actually a peninsula), in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. At the edge of a field we discovered a tree stand for hunting deer. The image shows my mom climbing the ladder while my dad watches from the ground.
 
I’ve always been attracted to tangled forms. As a child I drew mazes, and as a teenager, I drew celtic knots. When I lived in California, I drew tangled highway interchanges. But mostly, I like to draw tangled forms from nature. The forests in Nova Scotia are especially dense and tangled, with trees growing so close together in places that you can’t force your way through. I love these places, I think they have a kind of claustrophobic calm. When I draw these tangles of branches, I’m reminded that there is an order to the mess, but it’s not one that we’ll ever really be able to understand. In my drawings, I seek to find a balance between stylized patterns and the wild chaos of the woods.