Dorothy Gill Barnes, 93, Artist Whose Raw Material Came From Trees, Dies
She created works from bark, wood and roots, sometimes carving patterns into trees and waiting years to see the scarring. She died of complications of Covid-19.
Dorothy Gill Barnes, a sculptor in bark and wood, could make tree fiber seem as malleable as clay. Credit...Tom Grotta
Published Dec. 17, 2020Updated Jan. 1, 2021
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Well into her 80s, the wood sculptor and basket maker Dorothy Gill Barnes was always on the hunt for raw material. In her case, that meant trees.