Alchemy series

A tree does not merely exist in a place. It transforms it. Air, water, and soil become bark, leaf, flower, and fruit. The invisible becomes visible. That act of transformation is what this series is about.

Each image follows a single tree across more than a year, sometimes two, through sun and cold and rain and wind. Trees cannot move. But they are not passive. They sense the landscape around them and respond to it, shifting their chemistry to ward off threats, sending nutrients through root networks to support neighboring trees. They have an inner life. It is simply expressed in ways we are not accustomed to noticing.

The trees I chose carry deep meaning in New England, where I live and work. Apple, maple, magnolia. Each is woven into the landscape and the culture. Spending a year with each one, I began to glimpse something of their inner lives.

Prints are available on museum quality archival paper at 40 x 60 inches — a scale chosen to honor the presence of the trees themselves. Please contact me for pricing.