White Dotson Bridge Red Oak Tree Pressing 30x44

Species: Heart Rot Dotson Bridge Red Oak Latitude & Longitude: 32.0333 - 94.4833 Press Date:  Summer 2020 Dimensions: 30 w x 44 h inches Materials: Legion Archival Paper and Speedball Black Ink Style: Black Ink on White Paper Limited Edition- 85 hand prints made  Description -This 85yr old Texas Red Oak with Heart Rot was located in East Texas on the Southwest bank of Lake Murvaul at the end of Dotson Crossing Bridge. Not quite growing to full maturity, this tree rooted long before the lake was created and died due to heart rot. It still lie on the bank there in what is now a half framed view from my childhood. Someone harvested the smaller limbs and top for firewood, leaving the lower trunk like a carcass. This print is the first piece which is particularly sentimental to me. I remember camping in this spot many times with my aunt and uncle as a kid near the public boat ramp. Memories of the best kind. I’ve delicately prepared this beauty for printing. The negative space in the