Viral Knot 2, 2020
rawhide, copper tubing
45” x 28” x 24”
Artist Statement
My work is sourced in the body, using human scale, visceral imagery, sensuous materials, and even touch, inviting people to experience their own bodies in the encounter. Interest in the life of the body extends to the forces of nature that surround me where I live and work on an old farm. Matter such as wood, stone, steel, rope and cloth often combine with rawhide, the malleable, translucent skin of a cow, a material that speaks of life, death, and transformation. To further evoke life, the sculptures are sometimes animated by light, neon, video, touch or movement.
During the pandemic, the welcome isolation and continuity of studio time allowed sustained investigation into the movement of lines and the crumpling and folding of planes, creating feedback loops between drawing and sculpture. I made drawings of my sculptures, and drawings became sculptures. These complex interactions have been dissolving the barriers between disciplines, mediums, dimensions and, to my surprise, myself and others.