my tree project is almost done now, i just have to tape the trunk down (the hardest part) and pop it in the frame.

ok back to my little artist statement thing
i dont like the idea of "deconstructing " a tree, i would like to think of it like a "re-creation"

So what draws me to re-create these trees?

When I see a tree I see progressing life and the desire to become something more, forever reaching into the unknown, all the while providing beauty that brings us back to simplicity. Life is always progressing; no moment can ever be relived. By capturing a moment of a tree's life cycle (as well as the life provided by it) I am capturing its goals and struggles (its goal being to reach the sky, and its struggle to get sunlight). By re-creating their shape through my lens, I am discovering their individual story. I saw my first sugar maple of fall 2010 today and even though its leaves were in the midst of dying, its beauty reassured me that there is hope in even the darkest days. Where there is failure, a chance to succeed follows. That alone gives us hope; hope that the beauty we create will inspire those around us, or at the very least evoke the feeling of wonder and joy they had not previously had. Hope to play a significant part in someone’s life. Hope that your memory will last longer than you will.