This project is a fine art form-based photographic nature study focusing on the ways trees and tree parts physically reach into the above-ground spaces in which they live. It primarily examines the wonderful organic shapes of trees and tree parts, and how they interact to create interesting formal relationships.

The plentiful supply of public parks and trails within a 30-mile radius of my home in Tallahassee, Florida, provide both the subjects and the inspiration and a desire to gain visual familiarity and acuity with organic shapes, provided the motivation.

Methodology involves exploring the forest — often while looking up — during morning and afternoon hours and searching for interesting formal relationships or scenarios. Initially, the approach was a continuation of my solo tree portrait work, which was guided by a vision of seeking out isolated trees. As the project progressed into more enclosed spaces under the forest canopy the concept of space was emphasized more with tree parts entering the frame from all sides creating different layers within the image.