14” x 10” x 10”

wood, coffee filters, acrylic paint, epoxy, dirt, bark, wire, hemp, and antique sandwich pan

My mother had so much yet coveted that which she could not attain. Her mental illness made her only see what she didn’t have leaving her consistently unfulfilled. This is a replica of an actual magnolia tree located on Ridgewood Road in South Orange, New Jersey, the town she lived in for 50+ years of her life. She wanted this tree and, of course, she could not have it.