dry creekbed still life

I came across a fallen tree while on a hike through a dry creekbed. This tree was rotted, full of woodpecker and worm holes.

I originally sketched this tree on New Year's day this year while it was still standing. I thought it had a sort of primative metropolitan Mondrian look to it.

Now, 8 months later, after seeing it lying broken and rotting on the rocks, I arranged the pieces to look like a downtown skyscraper scene. I thought it was amusing.