Forms of Becoming

Willow charcoal on folded paper, accordion-fold scroll | 2026 | 11×78¼ in (28×200 cm)

Moving from left to right, a tree emerges from a single root. Its branches extend, aerial roots descend and take root again, as its forms continually transform through time and changing circumstances.

This accordion-fold drawing uses the growth of trees as a metaphor for an individual's life journey. Ten panels span fifty years of lived experience, while an eleventh extends beyond this period, opening onto an unfinished future. Forms drawn from the artist's earlier explorations of trees and vines are brought into this work, forming a visual narrative of growth, transformation, and continuity.

Life does not follow a predetermined path. It takes shape through changing circumstances, and remains in the process of becoming.