Trees have always been in my DNA. From the solid oaks that surrounded my childhood home, to the burlap-bound evergreens at my family's nursery, to the sunlit cedar grove at my current home, each is part of me. Arborescence is my photographic dance through the forest exploring identity, place, and memory. At times I am audience, expressed with singular landscape images that evoke personal experience. At times I am partner, using self portraiture and multiple exposure to weave our fibers together, embracing the concept of “being” nature.
As a lifelong dancer, I see myself in the trees. Their branches are port de bras and arabesques, their roots a balanced, solid base. Twisted, tangled trunks and vines remind me of my own crooked path through life, and veins in a leaf are wrinkles beginning to appear on my own face. Our spirits combine on the ground we share, and if only for a moment, we dance.
