art & exhibitions
This ongoing series layers cryptogams (spore-bearing organisms) with memories of landscapes.
The objective is to illustrate
a balance between slow forms
of erosion and regrowth, and
more volatile forces that abruptly
re-shape landscapes and human perceptions of them.
This ongoing series layers cryptogams (spore-bearing organisms) with memories of landscapes.
The objective is to illustrate
a balance between slow forms
of erosion and regrowth, and
more volatile forces that abruptly
re-shape landscapes and human perceptions of them.
Methods of Dispersal and Establishment
Mount St. Helens / lichen lava flow
Observations on Fragmentation and Loss
Made during a winter in the North Cascades
Observations, continued
Years later I translated my small scale sketchbook drawing to a 4x4' panel of scrap wood from a house I lived in in Bow, WA.
Cribraria microcarpa on Wakulla snag (photo by Ross Brand)
Didymium iridis on longleaf stand-in
Divergent Fault
Aerial view of bigleaf maple twig, magnified 60x. Made during artist residency in North Cascades National Park.
Mining Claim
A lichened whorl on a barely-standing cabin on my mom's defunct mining claim outside of Helena, Montana.
Leocarpus fragilis after the hurricane
Vapor Recollection in Cryptothecia rubrocincta
I ended up traversing the country a number of times, going back and forth between the Florida panhandle and the west coast. The cloud formations, neon lichens, and abandoned structures on both sides became conflated, drifted upward, crystallized, and are in the process of re-dispersal.
Physarum globuliferum on Wakulla snag (photo by Ross Brand)
Physarum globuliferum after the hurricane (photo by Ross Brand)
