about
Currently living near Pittsburgh, Zack is an artist and educator interested in drawing and painting, public murals, outdoor sketching, lettering and calligraphy, and in bridging art and philosophy practices. While art and philosophy are very different in mood, he works to bridge the two, starting from the premise that together they strengthen one another by filling in each other’s blindspots. This site is mainly a way to share Zack’s creative exploits. He currently works as a traveling artist-in-residence and teaches classes.
Two Way Tree is a phrase Zack and his wife, Jen (also an artist), came up with. Originally the site shared their art and ideas together. There is a YouTube channel with the same name, mostly showing time lapse drawings. It’s experimental, fun. Sometimes silly. Zack and Jen both met pursuing art education and studio degrees and became teachers in Maine. They moved back to Pennsylvania, started a family, and currently have two daughters.
Jen currently teaches at a neat school designed to fuse school and museum. Somehow, she is also pursuing her Master’s in art education. Some of Jen’s work is still scattered throughout the site.
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Why Two Way Tree though? I introduce the concept here.