Roots garden sculptures
More Roots garden sculptures
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Rootosaurus gardenicus
African Mask profile
Frog
New Roots Garden Sculpture
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
…a new addition to the Roots Garden Sculptures, from a dead thyme plant.
More garden whimsy
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Adding to the whimsical garden sculptures of root systems, here are The Twins.
Sky Diver
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
Sky Diver – Basil stem and roots (this is the last of the root-sculptures for a while I think) – this one has a thick stem, removed with PaintShop Pro.
Confidence
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Confidence, tomato stem and roots garden sculpture
More roots
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Fear, another root-system garden sculpture (Basil stem and roots).
Song and Dance
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Alright, three or more consitutute a new photographic series: Roots Garden Sculptures. This one I see as Song and Dance, of Basil roots and stems. It was peeking out of the lawn and garden litter bag and almost made it to the curb without notice. The first three root systems, now garden sculptures, were compelling enough alone to catch my attention, but now I’m going to consciously seek them out.
Some things are Art without any manipulation at all. Sort of the roots of creativity too really: finding something beyond that which is in front of you. Seeing. Transformation. It doesn’t matter what the medium is..
Pretty Lady
Friday, December 14th, 2007
So many chores at home preparing for the holidays pull me away from typical Art work, but that doesn’t stop the old eyes from seeing things! Transplanting things from the garden, shaking soil from dead plants, the root systems are very interesting. I call this one “Pretty Lady”. This one is also from a dead Croton – one was posted earlier from a more mature plant.
Art everywhere
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Impatient - While tidying up the garden and shaking out the soil from dead plants I was marvelling at the root systems and couldn’t bring myself to throw this one away, it’s so interesting. This one is from a Croton, and stuck into the ground upside down makes an interesting garden sculpture. Below: Croton, 1992 36 x 24 inches Acrylics on wrapped canvas (private collection, Scotland).
