Charcoal and Pastel on Sanded Paper

I’m interested in the plays of light penetrating stands of trees, especially the planted, gridded groves of White Pines found throughout New England. The uniformity and symmetry of their trunks create rhythmic patterns of light. In this Woodscape series I try to capture the impressions these displays of light and shadow evoke – inviting, tranquil, foreboding, often familiar, creating the feeling of having experienced this particular place and time before.

Many of these orderly groves that I find and depict were planted as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program created during the Great Depression. These are all actual places I visit.