Description
"Hollow Trail" honors the mothers and daughters that we lost on the Trail of Tears and death.
My Choctaw ancestors were river people, so river cypress was the obvious choice of wood for this piece. The main shape of "Hollow Trail" was chainsaw-carved from a single piece of log. I positioned the cuts on the log to reveal the natural grain and spalting, creating the mother's blanket.
Dimensions
20" x 24" x 14"
Ross Earl Ridge
Cherokee Nation
About the Artist
Ross Ridge is a retired educator, coach and administrator of Choctaw and Cherokee descent. He earned an associate's degree from Eastern Oklahoma State College and bachelor's and master's degrees from East Central University. Ross and his wife Deanna have been married for 40 years and have three grown children and two grandsons. Ridge uses his skills in carpentry and metalwork to build rustic furniture and create his art pieces. Wood carving, acrylic painting, and pencil are his mediums of choice.
