PARDUE HEWETT DEBUTED THEIR COLLABORATION IN 2018 WITH A BODY OF WORK DEPICTING TREES IN ISOLATION AGAINST ABSTRACT GROUNDS. WHILE SOME GROUNDS READ AS ATMOSPHERIC HAZES, OTHERS ARE FLAT GRAPHIC SPACES THAT CONTRAST STARKLY WITH THE THREE-DIMENSIONALITY OF THE TREES. EACH TREE IS PRESENTED AS AN INDIVIDUAL, VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN HOW THEY EXIST IN NATURE. THIS SINGULAR PRESENTATION IN AN ALTERED AND UNEXPECTED ENVIRONMENT ECHOES ART HISTORICAL PORTRAITURE, AND THE VERTICAL NATURE OF THE TREE ITSELF FURTHERS THE SUGGESTION OF PERSONIFICATION. THE WORK OFTEN HAS A MAGICAL OR HAUNTING SENSIBILITY, MIRRORING THE SENSIBILITY OF NATURE IN ITS MOST SUBLIME PRESENTATIONS.

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