Lineage markers.

Rings on a tree. The growth of family. The shoulders we rise on. Skin in the game. This is one of five ring-tree pieces I created during this time. Some had arms branching up through clouds. All had solid trunks.

TREE RINGS

2004, 15″x 19″.

Oil marker and mixed medium on foam core board.

TREE RINGS has the visible tooling marks I made in the process of creating it.