SYLVIA MATAS
drawing of an alternate leaved dogwood drawing of a black ash drawing of a ponderosa pine drawing of a rock elm drawing of a striped maple
Native Trees of Canada

2009
22 x 28in
pen on paper

A series of drawings based on 'Native Trees of Canada'. In mythology, trees often represent a connection between worlds, an axis mundi connecting earth and sky and are an important part of the structure of the universe. These drawings of trees suggest the point of disappearance or crossover between known and unknown worlds. They are landscape drawings of visible and non-visible realities.