Algonquin
32" x 32"

All wood and paints of this piece are original. This piece originated from a cubby set with nine openings. I deconstructed it and made an arrangement with three panels in three rows, separated by thin colored division strips, suggesting a near shore, an area of open water, and the reflected tree line of the far shore. On the near shore I stamped letters into the wood that read, “Sunrise behind - dead calm - sand splits real and reflected - tall trees, small lakes”. This is my way of depicting a wilderness landscape, this one named after the great Algonquin Park in Ontario. As the wood was very thin, old (c. 1840) and brittle, horizontal cracks developed across the boards. They expand in dry times and nearly close in damp climate, giving this piece a living dimension.