Sheltering

Photography on wrapped canvas.

36x18x2"

Limited edition 1 of 1.

In the photo collage diptych titled Sheltering, the clouds gather, the tree protects, the city shelters. The image is a visual rendition of forest bathing [Shinrin-yoku (森林浴)] — being in the presence of trees —which originated in Japan in the early 1980s. Forest bathing provides emotional healing, decreases blood pressure, and reduces stress and aggression. The trees heal us, secretly, silently. Linda Briskin has a reverence for trees and a passion for photographing nature. Her work is informed by the premise that landscape is invented through our gaze.

This piece consists in two photographs printed on a single white canvas and wrapped.