The Art Roots

The "art roots" are sculpture made from roots systems found in the forest that I have "brought in" and preserved with varnish. They are not meant as stand-alone sculptures, but to help create an environment for other art. Together they can be a conceptual or environmental piece. For instance, there is a yellow chick combined with the roots in the photographs that is an antique toy and life-sized; I added it to create the feeling of a forest.

The roots themselves are very powerful abstract "expressions." They are mono-color, and made from a single material, wood, and are purely abstract, yet show all the artistic power of nature, or mother Earth.

One of them is fairly big, about four feet tall, and was supposed to be exhibited in a gallery in NYC, but the varnish did not dry in time for the opening. (It is dry now.)

I have restored marble bases for the roots to give them a classic "feel," to draw attention to the sophistication of nature's own creative power in its simplest forms. One of the marble bases is table-sized.

I had originally hoped to be able to rent them out for displays of nature-based jewelry, but I think that the continually failing economy has hurt the natural jewelery economy.

I have attached pictures below, but I have a gallery of the pictures which may be easier to view:

http://thinman.com/galleries/roots_promotion/

My main photography gallery is:

http://thinman.com/photography