Tree Rings
The Tree Rings artworks are made on paper which is torn and reassembled, scratched, and sanded. From there, they are built in perhaps the same way that trees grow: starting in the center, Anderson draws circles with markers and pens that closely follow the circle before it, expanding as the rings build and bring the form into existence. The markers and pens squeak, skip, and dry out, depositing ink on the paper’s surface or bleeding below.
Titled after the number of rings/years, these meditations on growth and time hope to provide a larger context for our lives. Where do our own activities, lifespans, and histories fit into the recordings made by sawed-off trees? These drawings are at once a violent death, a time machine, a hypnotist’s tool, an energy vortex.
“363 Years,” 2017, marker and pen on paper, 55in. x 55in. Collection of Emory Hospitals, Atlanta, GA.
“321 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 96in. x 96in.
“302 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on collaged paper, 96in. x 96in.
“300 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, mounted on panel with UV varnish, 86in. x 86in.
“229 Years,” 2014, marker and pen on paper, 50in. x 50in. Collection of TKTKTKTk
“162 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on collaged paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 54in. x 54in.
“145 Years,” 2014, marker and pen on paper, 24in. x 30in. Collection of Sam Romo, Atlanta, GA.
“144 Years,” 2017, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 48in. x 48in.
“Double 105 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 30in. x 40in.
“103 Years”, 2016, marker, pen, Never Wet, and UV varnish on paper, mounted on panel, 12in. x 12in.
“102 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on paper, 16in. x 16in.
“97 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 28 1/2in. x 28 1/2in.
“96 Years,” 2017, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 30in. x 30in.
“93 Years,” 2014, marker and pen on paper, 22in. x 22in.
“89 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on paper, mounted on panel, 24in. x 24in.
“89 Years #2,” 2017, marker and pen on paper mounted on canvas on panel with UV varnish, 30in. x 30in.
“82 Years #2,” 2018, marker and pen on collaged paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 18in. x 18in.
“Double 80 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 18in. x 23in. Collection of Sarah Hobbs, Atlanta, GA.
“79 Years,” 2017, marker and pen on paper, mounted on matte board, 12in. x 12in.
“76 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 16in. x 16in.
“75 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on canvas with UV varnish, 18in. x 18in.
“72 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“67 Years”, 2016, marker, pen and UV varnish on paper, mounted on panel, 8in. x 8in.
“65 Years,” 2014, marker and pen on paper, 14in. x 14in.
“65 Years #2,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on linen with UV varnish, 12in. x 12in.
“63 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 16in. x 16in.
“Double 63 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 9in. x 11 7/8in.
“59 Years,” 2017, marker and pen on paper, mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“53 Years,” 2014, marker and pen on paper, 7in. x 7in.
Collection of Robin Bernat, Atlanta, GA.
“53 Years #2,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 8in. x 8in.
“Double 53 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 22in. x 15 7/8in.
“47 Years #2,” 2017, marker and pen on paper, 16in. x 16in.
“46 Years,” 2015, marker, pen, and pencil on paper, 7.5in x 9.5in.
“46 Years #2,” 2016, marker and pen on paper, 8in. x 8in.
Collection of Bettina Hubby, Los Angeles, CA
“46 Years #3,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“45 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“44 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“41 Years,” 2017, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“40 Years,” 2017, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“38 and 35 Years,” 2016, screen print on paper, 30in. x 22in.
“38 Years,” 2015, marker and pen on paper, 8in. x 8in.
Collection of David Robinson, Atlanta, GA
“38 Years #2,” 2016, marker and pen on paper, 10.625in. x 10.625in.
“38 Years #3,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“37 Years,” 2017, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“36 Years #2,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“35 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“31 Years,” 2016, marker and pen on paper mounted on panel with UV varnish, 8in. x 8in.
“10–83 Years,” 2014, marker and pen on paper, 30in. x 40in. Collection of Nancy Harrison, Atlanta, GA