Kevin Schmidt Works
Tree Paintings 2006–ongoing
acrylic on plaster, video/photo documentation
Since 2006 I have made a number of photographs and one  video of paintings made on trees or stumps. In each case I make a plaster surface and then paint what appears on the other side of the tree. I then take a photograph or video of the painting in its surroundings, using a mirror or other reflective surface to bounce sunlight onto the painting’s surface.  

In making these works, I have discovered that the idea of a ‘view’ does not really exist in undisturbed wilderness. A ‘view’ only exists in places where humans have disturbed things.