Man Burning Wood

q x r inches crayon on Nideggen pape

A man burning wood joins a series of pictures of isolated individuals in contemplative settings. This scene, a nocturne, remembers the artist's uncle burning leaves after a long afternoon of raking and yard work in autumn twenty years ago. In a dark rural field the lone man stands before a fire as dense white smokes rises up to touch a horizon lit by the setting sun. A post that holds up on end of a vineyard is lit by the fire's rays to reveal a T-shaped cross.