Arboreal Constants

Arboreal, the beginning of the epic After the Woods, is about the relationship between nature and humans. Trees, grass, and Nanoships are treated as protagonists; the forest is the stage. Nature is presented as an entity, at times gaining consciousness, attitude and a will. Trees act out postures similar to recognized psychological states, and the grass becomes architectural, sharp, and interconnected, while Nanoships battle and build the landscape. The visual language of the drawings slip between abstraction and figuration, magnifying and freely interrelating microscopic to human proportions.

All drawings are 2003 to present day, graphite, ink, watercolor on paper, approximately 30 x 40 inches.

After the Woods centers on the reunion of a young man and woman after a separation of 1000 years. Willed into existence by a conscious landscape that has rediscovered the code embedded within it, the man becomes a Knight adorned in armor while the woman is transformed into a Princess who over time evolves into a spaceship. While her metamorphosis represents the advancement of artificial intelligence his transformation triggers the evolution and expansion of the natural landscape. The Knight’s quest for the Princess leads him towards a realization and releasing code, disseminating consciousness like a form of alchemy throughout his immediate environment. The forest grows and becomes populated by fantastical creatures creating a new magical eco-system through which technology and nature are combined.