"There's nothing like a tree"- G.W. Sanders

After traveling to Asheville this weekend, (only to get the flu), I explored downtown and went in and out of the many galleries. One of the galleries that I went into I came across an artist named Gerald Wayne Sanders who works with wire, creating trees and other organic items that otherwise would be out of their element in this material. I really liked this idea, because it streamed so closely with my own idea of taking something that is very manmade and unnatural and breathing life into it.

Gold Weeping Willow

Wire

G.W. Sanders

(no specified date) 

"There's nothing like a tree. An inspiration for all seasons, it is especially enchanting in winter, when, stripped down to majestic bareness, it stands a mighty, beautiful reminder of nature's ever-changing face. When leaves and sap and snow and temperatures all have fallen, the tree's form and color rise toward skies brilliant blue or hunkered-down gray. They are the bones of the landscape, outlining the natural world in strokes as simple and elegant as a few well-spaced lines in a fine ink drawing. At the same time, those bones and what they say can be complicated and distinctly personal. Everyone in their life has experienced a close relationship to a tree, whether they played in a tire swing, or planted a tree in remembrance of a loved one. Stand in the bright, angular light of a winter day, and look at a colony of black oaks spread across a field of winter white. You cannot but feel a surge of awe that only could come from the electrifying power of trees."- G.W. Sanders