Leonardo Drew gives the act of studying a surface renewed depth and meaning. Drew creates large rectangular sculptures by filling tiny wooden boxes with various forms of refuse- paper, plastic, rusting metal and other roting things.
Of his works, critics refer to the implications of suffering and enslavement based on the type of materials he uses and how he manipulates them, saying: "forcing his materials to decay, subjecting them to heat and soaking them in rusty water, he is commenting on life, death and rebirth".(http://www.leonardodrew.com/PDF/NewYorkTimes2000.pdf)
The similarities between Drew's massive constructions and the micro-cosmic surface photos I've been taking makes me feel justified in my entrancement by their composition. Dark, earthy color schemes, the sense of random order, of natural environmental change carving away a landscape or a surface the way an artist does, painstakingly and intentionally... although these are not themes that may cross through Drew's mind as he stuffs raw cotton into a new sculpture, his process draws a likeness to that of decay and transformation in the wilderness.
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