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there is an... "affinity one feels in wilderness, no matter how vast, for all the violence and tenderness, all the ravages and salvations inherent in any breathtaking landscape. It is what holds us and feeds us as no table can. Perhaps there are hungers that only Art and Nature and Spirit can fill."
Gillian Welch
Phragmites, feathers, maple leaves, Chinese Lantern, fake fur, silk shoes, 68”H X 30” W X 12”D
phragmites, fish net, maple and beach leaves, deer legs, 84"H x 37"W x 12"D
chicken wire, papier mache, phragmites, paper clay each: 36"H X 48 L X 22"W
oak, maple, phragmite leaves and tops, papier mache, gold leaf, 66"H X 36"W X 12"D
beech Leaves, pine branches, papier mache, various barks, ferns, gold leaf 78"H X 30"W X 12" D
Various leaves, antique hat, fabric, wire, moss, 66"H X 16" W X 12" D
Phragmites, grape and maple leaves, garden rakes, 55”H X 16” W X 13”D
sea cherry leaves, phragmites, paint, chicken wire, 56"L X 18"W X 12"H
Phragmite,moss, pine branches,bark, 68"H X 24" W X 12" D
5.5' H X 2.5 ' W X 1'D Various Barks, dried lake weeds, Poplar and Maple leaves, Rope,
turkey feathers, sumac, hydrangea,49"H X 52" W X 36" D
phragmites, maple, kangaroo paw, pine needles, 52" H X 25" W X 18" D
red maple, heucera, echinacea,pine needles, 62" H X 32" W X 9" D
maple, willow,peony, 81"H X 42" W X 14"D
birch bark, pine bark, rabbit fur, guinea feathers, paper clay 84"H X 40"W X 28"D
Phragmite, calla, beech,maple, 60"H X 60" W X 10"D
Phragmite, cottonwood, maple, linden, 75"H X 72" W X 12" D
This gallery contains a few selections created for a show at the Henry Sheldon Museum in Middlebury, Vermont in 2013.
I was asked to curate 19th and early 20th century clothing from the museum's vintage collection and pair it with my work. I responded by focusing on themes of constriction and societal convention, nature and the wild. I could not resist including levity in the process.
vintage tea dress circa 1900, papier mache 62"H X 17" W X 13" D
Vintage dress circa 1860,papier mache, chicken feathers
paper mache, feathers, paint
vIntage mourning dress, boots,fabric mache, 88"H X 35"W X 12 " D
fabric mache, paint
Vintage buffalo coat, papier mache, branches, 66"H X 29"W X 18"D
papier mache,paint
vintage dress, hat, papier mache 60" H X 20" W X 18"D
papier mache, phragmite, vintage hat
pine needles, cedar, hydrangea, 46"H X 22" W X 12" D
red maple, hosta,linden, oak, birch bark, 66" H X 23" W X 14" D
vintage dress,thyme bush, 63"H X 22"W X 5"D
poplar leaves, maple, grapevine, barbed wire, wood 66" H X 48" W X 45" D
poplar leaves maple, fabric, fake fur, ribbons, willow 18" H X 32 " W X 6"
vintage mourning cape, papier mache paint, 36"H X 22" W X20" D
These are a selection of pieces I created while at a residency at Brush Creeks Arts Foundation in Saratoga, Wyoming.
This is a high plateau environment and the primary materials I utilized were sagebrush foliage, bark and trunks as well as Aspen and Cottonwood sticks.
sagebrush foliage and twigs
5'H x5'W x4'D
Aspen and cottonwood twigs, cottonwood bark, twine
7'H x 7.5 W x 5'D
sage foliage, sage bark and trunks, Cottonwood and Aspen and willow sticks, acrylic paint
10'diameter
sagebrush foliage and wood, cottonwood bark
6'X 3.5' X 1'D
Sage, Aspen, and Cottonwood wood and bark
3.5'H x 1'W X 3"D
Sage wood and foliage, Cotton wood and Aspen branches, willow twine
7" H x 4' W X 6"D
The work in this gallery was created for a variety of sites in collaboration with two different fellow artists. We fought with giant grapevines to seduce them out of the tangled forest, we pruned apples trees into shapely forms and commandeered the prunings, and cut curly willow branches. We experimented with combinations of leaves and bark and clay and branches. In the end we suffered from dislocated thumbs and shoulders, but our abundant daily picnics made it all worth it.
With Susan Raber Bray, Grapevine, slates, 10' W X 8' D X 7' H Shelburne Farms, Site specific sculpture for Of Land and Local 2015
12' H x 25' W x 3' D grape vine , various saplings and twigs. With Susan Raber Bray
With Susan Raber Bray, apple prunings, dogwood, grapevine, saplings, 15'H X 3'D x 3' W, Queen City Park, S. Burlington, VT
With Juliet McVicker, John Rivers, Susan Raber Bray, Willow Branches, 12'H X 10'W X 5'D, Shelburne VT.
9' H X 6' W X 3.5 'D Apple Prunings, Grapevine, with S. Raber Bray
6' H X 6' W X 10' D, Curly willow, grape vine, maple leaves, tulle. With Susan Raber Bray
4.5' H X 3.5'W X 3.5' D phragmites tops and leaves, Maple, Calla leaves, Clay be Susan Raber Bray
The selections in these galleries are examples of work created from 2012 -2017
