Nature’s Tapestry presents four series of images: bald cypress knees in mys-
terious assembly at water’s edge; trees undergoing seasonal changes, as
viewed from the windows of my home; shadowy scenes evoking landscape
as a dream, and, in contrast, Koi fish in playful movements stopped in time.
The bald cypress knees, inhabiting the regions between land and water,
create a sense of mystery and magic in landscapes that are miniature in scale
but often startlingly cosmic in their effect on the observer.
The trees, viewed again and again in different lights, show the inevitable
progress of the seasons, an intimation of mortality and rebirth. In this tapestry
of nature, behind the weft of color and form, is an invisible warp of mystery.
The child looking out across the water suggests nature’s promise, while the
shadow silhouetted in the foreground intimates mortality, a future seen as
“through a glass darkly.”
The Koi, symbolizing courage, patience, and transformation, seem to dance
in some imagined cloud-scattered sky.