This olive tree carries the weight of time—its form shaped slowly by growth, stress, and adaptation rather than design. Its twisted trunk feels less like something made and more like something revealed. That it was uprooted and transplanted to be preserved introduces an interesting human intervention: an attempt to hold onto what would otherwise continue to change or disappear. The image sits between those forces—natural formation and the desire to keep it—allowing the tree to exist as both a living presence and a remnant of time.

Olive Tree No. 2
2021
Archival Pigment Print
60 × 75 in
Edition of 3 + 1 Artist Proof