"ROOTS"
Oil on canvas with marble sand, beeswax and wire mesh
42" x 30"

When you closely study the plantlife on a forest floor, it quickly becomes very apparent how one form of life feeds upon or is dependent upon others. The density of plants in a tiny section of the rainforest floor - like the one in this painting - is remarkable. The floor is like a forest city. The intermingling of roots, vines, stems and flowers is as diverse as the intermingling of lives in a large cosmopolitan city. And this lush vegetation holds great importance to mankind. The tropical rainforest is a natural pharmacy. If humans cannot count on having these forests, the world's medicine chest would be half empty.