Art
Item Description
Mel Watkin '77
Untitled
drawing
" Working towards a solo exhibition for Phillip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, entitled Trunk Show, I created over 150 small, detailed drawings of trees and tree trunks and a few large scale images. My trees drawings are based on the wide variety of trees that surround my old farmhouse in rural southern Illinois. The drawings look realistic, but the images are actually compilations of two or three different species with their usual characteristics modified, exaggerated or made more complex. I try to imbue the trees with innate power by giving them slightly menacing qualities, because as recent events show, nature can be beautiful, but it can also be very dangerous." -Mel Watkin
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