Arbor Day Tree Exhibit

Elm in snow near Bluff Road
Photograph by Tom Atwood

I'm becoming very familiar with this ancient elm tree on Bluff Road. It grew up on the old Hornbeck farm long before that property became part of the sprawling Southern Illinois University Edwardsville campus 50 years ago. Over the next few weeks I'll be photographing the elm for the Arbor Day Tree Exhibit at the Edwardsville Art Center. The exhibit opens on April 29 and features artists' renditions of dozens of trees in Edwardsville, Illinois.