Passion Scars

Passion Scars Peace, Love and Happiness.

My latest body of work titled Passion Scars Peace, Love and Happiness documents the carving in aspen trees from Steamboat Springs to Telluride, Colorado. I have identified four groups of people who carve in the aspen trees and they are: sheep herders, elk hunters, the casual car camper and homesteaders. My oldest carving is dated 1922 taken in an old growth aspen grove outside Telluride, CO. I do not condone this act of aspen graffiti and do not carve in trees. I have enjoyed searching and documenting these scared messages people have passionately expressed on the smooth canvas like bark of the aspen tree. My collection consists of 1000 tattooed aspen photographs recorded while hiking hundreds of miles of trails throughout Colorado.

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Peter Steele

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