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These seven drawings depict my recovery process through drawings of trees from July 1989 through September 1991.
The first was drawn only a few days after I first "woke" from a five-day coma in July 1989.
The second through fifth drawings are copies of sketches from my journal books. When I asked a fellow classmate about brain damage and she showed me, in hand gestures, how brain neurons are damaged after trauma and how, over time and with rehabilitation, the nearby neurons, take over for the damaged cells.
Her example gave me the visual inspiration I needed for my own neuronal healing. From that day forth, I committed to drawing relationships of trees (representing my brain neurons) daily. I did so for months.
The chosen four tree compositions were selected as each corresponded to my actual brain recovery and each was an aestically-pleasing piece (you can find other such sketches in the "Recovery Art" Gallery.
The last two sketches were literal drawings I did as I was preparing to create a final painting to display at our Group Bachelors of Fine Arts Exhibit in December 1991.
These drawings were originally mounted on black matt boards that were woven together with satin ribbon. The piece could be folded into an accordion and tied up and transported.
The piece is currently on display at Church, Church, Hittle & Antrim Law Offices in Noblesville, Indiana.
These seven paintings collected together formed the "Tree to Tree" section of the art exhibit Tree to Tree: Recovery Transformation.
Starting April 1993, the exhibit was featured at three Galleries, one Hospital, and five state Brain Injury Conferences in Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia and the show finished its' tour at the National Symposium held in Florida in October 1994.
