charcoals stones rivers

celebrating 10 years with this project; over 10,000 miles 38 rivers & creeks 7 states with Eastern usa…

some of the early ones

August 1, 2016

River stone sketches

charcoal with stone(s) with Water (two view)

West cove with the Connecticut River

Barton Cove, Gill MA

there are a couple oxbow along the Connecticut River in Massachusetts, Northampton, and Greenfield to the North... I laid charcoal on stone surfaces in Montague, 1st fauxto, where the river straightens Back to a Southerly direction… next two fauxtos, due North a 3 mile crow flight would land in Bartons Cove in Gill MA, the site of the second temporary installation… this oxbow girds the village of Turners Falls MA and and extends to border within Greenfield MA… oxbow draws symbolic reference with omega Ω that I’ve been working recently… 

the lands disputed during King Phillip wars “ King Philip's War (1675–1676) was a devastating armed conflict between New England colonists and a confederation of Native American tribes led by the Wampanoag chief Metacomet, called "King Philip" by the English. It was the deadliest war in American colonial history relative to the population size.” - wikipedia

similar in gesture and representation are the Ouroboros and the Dragon's Head symbolisms of transformation from one development enfolding with the new... it can be a headrest/headset/head trip, enJoy...

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