CALIFORNIA  TREES I see the tree photographs as intimate portraits.  I choose my subjects for their character, their beauty, or their eccentricity.  I look for a distinctive feature.  I get in close, explore the smooth or craggy surfaces, the tree structure, the play of light and moving air.  And I work with that most sensuous element, color. While this series appears more nature-oriented than my earlier work, human artifacts sometimes make their way into the tree images as well. California offers a great mix of native and exotic trees. We explore the natural landscape in search of native Oaks, Giant Sequoias, PaloVerdes, and Fremont Cottonwoods.  At the same time, we import exotics, Silver Maples from back East, Floss Silk trees from South America, the Bluegum Eucalyptus from Australia.  Perhaps this is another expression of the fantasy that anything is possible in California.

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1. Joshua Tree National Park	2. Giant Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park	3. Manzanita Tejon Ranch, Lebec
4. California Sycamores Big Sur	5. Chinese Pistache San Gabriel Mountains	6. Valley Oak Cosumnes River Preserve
7. Valley Oak Cosumnes River Preserve	8. Nicholas Ranch, Cosumnes River Preserve	9. Nicholas Ranch Cosumnes River Preserve
10. Valley Oak Cosumnes River Preserve	11. Bottle Brush Colusa	12. Floss Silk Tree San Marino

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