Drawing: Faces 1422 - Illustrated cypress knee

By Jack Brummet

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I've had this 2 foot tall cypress knee sitting around for a couple of years. . .since my niece Melanie brought it back for me from Louisiana. The knees grow off the cypress roots and are sort of like a burl, except they are covered in bumps and knobs and contusions (many of which resemble the outlines of faces).

Cypress knees are a cone-shaped exposed growth forming above the  roots of a bald cypress tree:

1422 Detail:

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