Capital Oak Sculptures
In 2008, strong winds blew down several old oak trees on the capital grounds in Austin, TX. The State Preservation Board stepped in and stored several pieces of these venerable Heritage Oaks in a warehouse for future use. They recently brought several pieces to Mark to see what he could create from this wood in order to make the pieces available to the public in the various state gift shops.
In viewing these first two pieces, Mark thought the wood itself was beautiful enough to stand alone as sculpture. He sanded the wood to a polish and attached brass rods to mount the wood on bases of thirty-year-old Texas walnut.
The sculptures are titled, “What I’ve Seen” and “What I’ve Heard”. Ah, if only these trees could talk…..