“Longleaf Lines” represents part two of Leachman’s “Fifty Forests” project, which she began in 2010 in her adopted home state of California to document the self-organizing patterns in trees. The project is taking Leachman to var- ious forested and deforested sites, protected and unpro- tected lands, in each of the 50 U.S. states. By transcribing the unspoken language of trees’ structural integrity and biological resilience, Leachman explores the intersection of painting and the natural world. “Fifty Forests” also reflects upon the relationship between humans and trees. What is at stake, Leachman’s paintings ask, as our country continually struggles to reconcile its connection to nature with its extractive use of natural resources?
Curator: Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, curator of American art
Kristin Leachman, “Longleaf 2,” 2021. Oil on canvas on panel, 54 × 72 inches. Courtesy of Kristin Leachman.
Kristin Leachman, “Longleaf 4,” 2022. Oil on canvas on panel. Courtesy of Kristin Leachman.
Kristin Leachman, “Longleaf 1,” 2020. Oil on canvas on panel, 54 × 72 inches. Courtesy of Kristin Leachman.
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