2022-01-17 Charcoal on Paper 11 x 14 inches North Guilford, CT Been meaning to draw this tree and its burl. Observe the way it soldiers on despite what man and nature have thrown at it. Just kept growing around the fence and stone wall and carrying the weight of that enormous cancer and surviving. Was a good thing to observe this day when I was thinking about our moving in to year three of Covid and the ineffectiveness of man in using the tools it has to be healthier and kinder. Thinking about all the ego, greed and silliness of our politics. There stands a tree. Being magnificent.

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