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Oak, Berry Summit, California

Date
2002
Classification
Photographs
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 35 1/8 x 27 3/4 in. (89.2 x 70.5 cm)
sheet: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Credit Line
Funds given by the Ruth Kelso Renfrow Art Club
Rights
© Karen Halverson
Object Number
75:2005
NOTES
In this photograph the spindly limbs and Spanish moss of an aged oak tree in a pasture are enlivened by bright sunlight and swirling gusts of wind. Karen Halverson has called this image her "whirling dervish." It is one of many stunning large-scale color images of trees in the American West created by the artist, which she considers to be intimate portraits. In focusing intently on form, texture, and color, Halverson conveys a vibrant sense of individual character.

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