STILL LIFE
Inspired by the force of nature to reclaim and survive. The objects we abandon are found by nature. People are represented by their things.
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Barn Swallow, terracotta, slip, glaze, 20x20x12”, 1993, Private Collection
Orchard, terracotta, slip, glaze, 21x20x20”, 1992
Aquifer, terracotta, slip, glaze, 12x23x15”, 1992
A gas truck overturns in our town's reservoir and a gas can becomes an oasis for painted turtles.
Incubator, terracotta, slip, glaze, 20x17x12”, 1992
As a kid, my mom always told me, “Don't leave anything outside, something will be living in it by morning".
Hill, terracotta, slip, glaze, 22x20x20”, 1992
Drought, terracotta, slip, glaze, 24x18x17”, 1998, Danforth Museum of Art
My dad told me about a drought in Minnesota in the 1920's when the fields were stripped bare by grasshoppers. There were so many of them that you could hear them chewing. One day they flew up into a swarm and dad watched them leave in a black cloud and it was over.
