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Sculpture
My concern for the natural environment influences
my sculpture, where I explore various aspects of the problem "man
versus nature" as well as fragility, vulnerability, and life
versus decay. I use plant forms, seed pods, leaves, and flowers as a source for imagery. Many of the sculptures also incorporate textures of trash. I consider littering to be the "canary in the coal mine," portraying attitudes toward pollution. Often actual rusted rebar metal becomes a part of my sculptural plants’ structure. The rebar also facilitates building clay forms that can rise higher into space in a way unusual for traditional heavy clay sculpture. These “plants” have a suggestion of beauty with a posture that is defensive, controlled, or protected, which all could imply outside dangers. I like to test the borders of response from the viewer and what they want to see: desirable versus undesirable in a way that parallels our acceptance or denial of environmental issues.
Represented in Massachusetts by Clark Gallery,
Lincoln, MA
www.clarkgallery.com
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