Forced Beech Obeisance

2025 - Erving, MA

Beech Trees are dying throughout the property due to a blight. They will not survive the next few years in our part of the country.  This temporary statue is made from a Beech sapling and a rock, and time.

By adding an archway to a campsite on the property, I've been able to create a sort of doorway to another emotional space where I feel far further disconnected from everyday life than the short literal distance to the house.

Now, not all of our days and nights are filled with shipping coconuts. We also have time to dream.