Wounded Oak
The foot of an oak tree on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. I called it wounded Oak because it has a gash on it, but also because it was near the Oaks that were going to be cut down for the new athletic department building where the tree-sitters were protesting. Perhaps also because I started to draw and paint Oaks when I learned more about sudden oak death that was killing many trees. Framed 29x41"