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The "Art Roots"

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By John Bessa (about the author)

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The roots themselves are very powerful abstract "expressions." They are mono-color, and made from a single material, wood, and are purely abstract, yet show all the artistic power of nature, or mother Earth.

The roots will

One of them is fairly big, about four feet tall, and was supposed to be exhibited in a gallery in NYC, but the varnish did not dry in time for the opening. (It is dry now.)

I have restored marble bases for the roots to give them a classic "feel," to draw attention to the sophistication of nature's own creative power in its simplest forms. One of the marble bases is table-sized.


I had originally hoped to be able to rent them out for displays of nature-based jewelry, but I think that the continually failing economy has hurt the natural jewelery economy.

I have attached pictures below, but I have a gallery of the pictures which may be easier to view:

http://thinman.com/galleries/roots_promotion/

My main photography gallery is:

http://thinman.com/photography















 

http://thinman.com/photography

John Bessa Photographer, Worker, Writer http://thinman.com/photography He has been photographing since teenage-hood, and exhibited photography and sculpture in the Whitney Museum when he was in high school. With the rise of information (more...)
 

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