The simple geometry of this sculptural form, embellished with marks suggestive of a parched river bed, operates as an abstracted symbol. By leaving the opposite face of the work smooth and flat and thus highlighting the rippled grain of the timber, associations can be made with a river, when swollen and full. Via its upright orientation, the simple geometry of the sculpture is simultaneously suggestive of a hulking, brooding figure-form, which in this way sets up associated ideas around people and place.

Material, processes and design have come together effectively in this work, which portrays a raw but powerful representation of a place and the seasonal changes that occur there.