the naturalist’s desk

THE NATURALIST’S DESK:  language + landscape   Mixed media desktop installations. Landscapes from the LA River to the grasslands of South Africa, to a fictional island in the South China Sea. 12 installations (7 shown), Arboretum Library,  2018.

Second iteration of a life project that began in the 90s with the journal of an invented female persona in a fictional world.

© Pamela Burgess 2025