This " miniature forest " dendroid species is viewed by David Meagher and Bruce Fuhrer in their publication " A Field Guide to the Mosses and Allied Plants of Southern Australia " as one of the most beautiful and unique species of mosses in the southern region of Australia.
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"Ferment " was permanently installed in April 2011 on the south lawn of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO . Taking more than three years to produce, this 56-ft tall stainless steel dendroid sculpture, as described by Paine, " was trying to capture a churning, swirling force ."
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Likewise, where competition for resources is more competitive " both in the number of species and the height of surrounding plants " there are times when it is to the advantage of a plant to develop into arborescent, dendroid trees . This development is because these particular " Pachypodium " must compete with other plants for resources in a dry deciduous forest, composed of, perhaps, arborescent " Aloe ", members of the Didiereaceae genera "-- Alluaudia, Alluaudiopsis, Decaryia, and Didierea; all endemic to Madagascar-- " and " Uncarina " species, for instance.
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Since 1990, Paine's work has been internationally exhibited and is included in major collections such as the De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D . C .; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY . His dendroid sculptures can be found at various museums and foundations including the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle; Wanas Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden; Montenmedio Arte Contemporaneo NMAC, Cadiz, Spain; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
