Root Energy Turquoise is an ink drawing of a tree, including its underground roots that expand toward a water table at the bottom of the picture plane.
The drawing employs an intense use of lines. Thousands of tiny ink lines comprise the trees’ leaves, trunk and root system as if all are bursting with visible force. They create a busy texture that energizes the whole picture plane, and also provides visual consistency between all levels of the drawing.
During past emergencies in my life, when I have felt as though I were tossed by a tempest, with the deaths of family or friends, my inner resources, figuratively my root system, have held me up. I sometimes wonder if my “root system” is strong enough to withstand all of life’s difficulties. So far, I’ve managed to stay resilient.
