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Blue Spring Tree: Encaustic / collage on wood panel- 40" x 26" 2006

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These recent paintings using trees as subject matter are a close-up lens on the tree as symbol. My trees exist in the three worlds, with the branches in the heavens, the trunk in the world we inhabit, and the roots in the underworld. Trees are symbolic in many cultures; from Christian and Jewish mythology, to ancient Egypt’s “Holy Sycamore” which stood at the gate of life and death, to the Mayan culture’s “Yaxche,” which has branches that hold up the heavens.

Recently I've been documenting and drawing the huge growth spurt in Brooklyn housing, and the old structures that are 'getting in the way' of the developers' plans for the future.

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HoMay in the Shadow of Steel: mixed media and transfer on paper

Old Flatbush Carwash: gouache and transfer on paper

Gregory Crewdson,Untitled,(mound of butterflies), 1994, courtesy Luhring Augustine Gallery

April 20 - May 24, 2006
Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 19th, 6 - 8 PM
Panel Discussion: Wednesday, May 10th, 6 - 8 PM

The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park
5th Avenue at 64th Street
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 to 5:00

Curated by Lacy Davisson Doyle and Clare Weiss

Featuring: LC Armstrong, Jennifer Bartlett, Larissa Bates, Cecily Brown, Elisabeth Condon, Gregory Crewdson, Ele D'Artagnan, Susan Homer, Julie Evans, Sally Gall, JJ Garfinkl, Paula Hayes, Joan Mitchell, Roxy Paine, Robert&Shana ParkelHarrison, Elizabeth Peyton, Edwina Sandys, Donald Sultan

Supported by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.