the naturalist’s desk

THE NATURALIST’S DESK:  language + landscape   Mixed media desktop installations. Narrative landscapes from the LA River to South Africa to an 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 an art installation and journals of an invented female persona in a fictional world.

© Pamela Burgess 2026