Lawrie Dignan - Canadian Pen and Ink Artist

Looking Through Branches 6

Looking Through Branches 6   21“ x 16 “    2007 pen and ink on paper            

The function of the Design & Survey Branch was doing cost estimates for new highway location.

Our field survey crews spent untold hours working in forested terrain, laying out the new highway centerline. Once the bush was cleared and our line staked we would then base all of our design estimates from that new centerline. Most, if not all of those bush clearing days were spent entirely “ Looking Through Branches “ trees and underbrush. This is where the branches series of images were  b o r n.