The Wildwood Suite

These cameraless images are an extension of the series I call Gardening the Planet. They are digital scans of biological specimens picked up on the daily, 3012-pace walks that I take with my dog around Wildwood Park, where I live.

Reproductions are large – up to 112 cm. x 250 cm. or more. Inkjet prints are produced on photo-rag paper. The sub-series, identified by a ‘WWS’ prefix are 18” x 12” prints presented in a manner reminiscent of 18th Century, botanical watercolours and prints, an acknowledgement – and critique – of the underlying Judaeo/Christian/Linnaean view that still guides much of humanity’s power and control attitude toward the planet.

Oh – and they’re also a simple celebration of how extraordinary it is just to be alive; of how lovely even something so banal as a leaf can be. As Robinson Jeffers said, “…It is only a little planet, but how beautiful it is …”

Wildwood Suite

Installation View 1

Wildwood Suite

Installation View 2

Five Eastern Wild Turkey Feathers

Digital Scan from Nature

August 2008

Eastern Wild Turkey

Digital Scan from Nature

August 17, 2008

 

Leaf No. 64

Digital Scan from Nature

February 04, 2009

Seed Pod No. 1

Digital Scan from Nature

2008

Leaf No. 95

Digital Scan from Nature

November 05, 2008

 

Leaf No. 3

Digital Scan from Nature

October 03, 2007

Leaf No. 27

Digital Scan from Nature

June 11, 2008

Leaf No. 37

Digital Scan from Nature

August 12, 2008

Leaf No. 53

Digital Scan from Nature

October 03, 2008

 

Leaf No. 68

Digital Scan from Nature

September 14, 2008

Leaf No. 73

Digital Scan from Nature

August 26, 2008

Leaf No. 82

Digital Scan from Nature

September 27, 2008

Leaf No. 86

Digital Scan from Nature

October 07, 2008

Leaf No. 89

Digital Scan from Nature

October 13, 2008

 

Leaf No. 61

Digital Scan from Nature

September 08, 2008

Seed No. 2

Digital Scan from Nature

September 23, 2008