Studio Tree and Related Travels

It was when I was anticipating the summer solstice of 2023 that I thought to photograph a tree and grow it in the studio to its original size, a section of the trunk, that is, disappearing its top and its roots at the ceiling and the floor of my studio, to let the sun have its way with it when it arrived.  But that summer had its own ideas, and I soon recognized how under the effects of northern fires and other climate changes, the number of impressive sunsets on my eastern wall was more limited than it had been in the past. And it wasn’t long before I was no longer waiting for anything to come, but could more deeply experience the tree’s presence in the studio, and soon enough I thought shelves were in order, reinforcing its interior condition and encouraging the work to shift and change as the solstice sun approached then retreated, while the tree inside remained.