Not Far From the Tree print

I've been too busy to spend time in my archives searching for photos to post, so I'm again showing a print. This one is from an old small mask that I made and which someone recently asked me to revisit. I didn't make a new ceramic piece (although I might in the future) but decided to play with the image instead. I hope you will enjoy the results as much as I enjoyed creating it......

Out of the Woodwork

I've done many pieces with a face either emerging or blending in with a tree. I use the tree as a symbol for many things, including growth, hiding, vulnerability, strength and solidity. Here it is meant as a metaphor suggesting emergence - or shedding the exterior force that holds one back.

And so, here I sit....waiting for the branches and the bark to fall in a heap all around me....