I was introduced to a new (to me) kind of landscape in a trip to Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, in New Mexico.

An elegant landscape.

A contemplative triptych.

Look around you at the lovely northern woods. It is the peak of summer. The sunshine filters down through a full canopy of leaves. Some late wildflowers may still be blooming on the forest floor. It is a calm and peaceful scene. Now look down. What is supporting the visible forest, and in a figurative and literal way, supporting us all? The soil, the “root domain”, is the basis for land life on our planet.

The idea for this art quilt was my response to a QuiltArt listserve challenge, “The Time/Space Continuum”. The pun popped into my head and I just couldn’t help myself.