To honor our trees

In Alan Sonfist’s exhibit “Leaves: The Endangered Species of New England,’’ on the Bellarmine Lawn of the Fairfield (Conn.) Art Museum through June 1, 2027.

The museum explains:

“The leaves installed on the Bellarmine lawn are on loan to the Fairfield University Art Museum for the next year from the American artist Alan Sonfist (b. 1946), best known as a pioneer of the Land or Earth Art movement. These four larger-than-life aluminum sculptures of leaves (only three visible in picture above) were created in 2011 and represent several of New England’s most beloved native trees: the American Beech, the American Chestnut, the Burr Oak, and the Sugar Maple. The sculpted leaves act as reminders to honor and protect the trees, and as a warning that failure to do so could result in their extinction.’’

A growing romance

“Myself Becoming One with the Tree” (photo), by Alan Sonfist, in his show “Becoming Trees” (curated by Fritz Hortsman), at Concord Art, Concord, Mass., through May 8.

Mr. Sonfist is a New York City-based American artist best known as a trailblazer of the Land or Earth Art movement.