In this exhibition, Joe Marshall uses wood and fire to create meditative portraits of places and plants. Pyrography, or "fire-writing,” is the controlled application of heat by a metal wire, a process that mimics a pen & ink drawing. He carves into the wood for texture and depth. He combines his love of wood and drawing to create unique pieces using the grain, cracks, and holes that occur in the wood naturally, working with the "defects" in the wood. Done on mesquite, pine, and oak, the works feature images of the Grand Canyon and portraits of his more notable saguaro neighbors.

Marshall is a printmaker, pyrographer, comic artist, and illustrator. He lives in Tucson with his wife, two children, two dogs, and two cats.