Twelve Prints

Faces of Nature Project

TWELVE PRINTS: Photographs from Home

Grandmother Tree in Spring, (c) 2020

Preview: Photographs from Home, has become a series mainly about strength and resiliency seen through the Grandmother Tree, planted in my backyard in 1575 in Normandy, France. I observe the way she changes and expertly transforms to meet the challenges of each season. In some ways we are all like her— planted in place—as we confront the pandemic.  

Photographs from Home is also about courage and finding a sense of our own nature and connection to personal power through the experience of isolation by looking to the land for support. Seeing beauty and joy in everyday scenes -- despite the new challenges facing us-- has become a task for many as we forge ahead in a new world full of uncertainties. 

This marvelous tree has shown me her strength and resiliency over the months of confinement in my home. I’ve watched as she has changed and adapted to meet whatever comes, as we must all do now, and I find courage in observing her through all the seasons. She is a magnificent face of the natural world, reminding us who we are and where we come from. From the eruption of new life in the spring, to the retreat in winter, the Grandmother Tree is who we must all be now.

In some of the images you can see a doorway that goes out into the forest. As the pandemic intensified, the way out is roped off as we stay home to stay safe. 

"Storm" speaks to our struggle and decided perseverance through the challenges that lay ahead. 

Storm, (c) 2021