JTNP I

The last little set I did towards the Joshua Tree series are from Joshua Tree National Park itself, at Twentynine Palms, and were derived from photographs sent to me by my great friend, and former tutor, Pete Nevin.

with ‘JTNP I’ here the reduction monoprint was done with a black that was drying quickly on the gelliplate, and consequently left some desirably scratchy, 'arid' marks.

I found with the other Joshua Tree prints that I was enjoying working in negative for both the stencils & masking fluid for the Trees; it seemed fairly obvious to me by then that some negative imagery for the trees here would be a good idea to represent a threatened species. The Cima Dome Fire in August 2020 destroyed over a million trees over a two-day period, a region where the Western Joshua Tree has its highest density of population on the planet. I am now working towards a charity fundraiser/print giveaway to raise funds for the replanting programme in the Mojave National Park, which recommences this November.