Art Every Day Month - November 4

Types of Separation

Separation - Tree Stump - Detail of 11" x 15" Watercolor on paper -
Examination of types of separation in wood

Source photo

Walking through the woods, I was intrigued by the various ways that whole objects can become separated. There's sawing, there's peeling, there's cutting, breaking, twisting, tearing, splitting, and cleaving. In this tree stump, you can pretty well see all of these. Each of these processes leaves a particular mark or texture, the signature of what has taken place. It's up to the observant person to notice what has happened.