Tree Wish

Susan Breen’s tree series is inspired by the Artist’s awe of the majestic beauty of trees in the landscape, as well as by those who make a pilgrimage to traditional wish trees. The very gesture of placing a symbol of hope – a cloth or ribbon tied onto a tree – some temporary mark on the landscape left to the elements, to nature, the intention willed into the universe – is reflective of what artists do when they put a mark on a canvas. It is an act of faith.