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Fallen Nº 182, 2011 36 x 44"
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Fallen 2010-present
I picture the garden: unruly, wild; lush with rot and overabundance. The uneaten fruit of the tree lies decaying on the ground and floats down streams. I try to create tension between both conceptual and visual polarities: decay and new life, randomness and order, flatness and depth, the natural and the fantastical. I collect the fruit from beneath trees in nearby orchards, freezing them to preserve the spectacle of their decay. I frequently work on a single photograph for days, or weeks, building up collected plant material, weaving together dead leaves and spring blossoms, adding insects and small creatures to create a tapestry-like density, presenting symbolic patterns of growth and decay in a natural (or perhaps unnatural) landscape.
Fallen Nº 45, 2010 24 x 29"
Fallen Nº 63, 2010 36 x 44"
Fallen Nº 235, 2011 36 x 44"
Fallen Nº89, 2010 36 x 44"
Fallen Nº 181, 2011 44 x 54"
Fallen Nº 318, 2012 44 x 54"
Fallen Nº 155, 2011 44 x 54"
Fallen Nº 129, 2010 44 x 54"
Fallen Nº 306, 2012 44 x 54"
