Cloud Catcher 2017 The fragility of brittle aging paper gleaned from discarded books, bear marks of previous lives. The act of cutting, folding and manipulating paper beyond the flat plane, is implicit in its human connection and honors the discarded, objects rich with the patina of age. This is a theme that is a vein through sculptural work. It seeks to be a tribute these discarded objects by repurposing them. In turn questioning how items are used and re-used. How the unwanted can be turned it into an object that will be again treasured, seeking to re-appropriate the rejected and imbue it with a new value.  “Cloud Catcher” is a direct response to the exhibition theme with a deeply personal narrative. I think back to my own education; how fortunate I have been. To have been mentored, nurtured and encouraged to be brave, develop the facility for critical thought and to make connections and cultivate my own ideas and views, I have been able to question, to pursue dreams to allow my imaginings to unfurl and take flight. Ideas and thoughts tumble and roll like clouds, links are made and ideas are formed. At its core “Cloud Catcher” is a homage to those that have taught, those that have listened, ones that have come before and those in the future that love to learn. Private Collection

Cloud Catcher 2017

 The fragility of brittle aging paper gleaned from discarded books, bear marks of previous lives. The act of cutting, folding and manipulating paper beyond the flat plane, is implicit in its human connection and honors the discarded, objects rich with the patina of age. This is a theme that is a vein through sculptural work. It seeks to be a tribute these discarded objects by repurposing them. In turn questioning how items are used and re-used. How the unwanted can be turned it into an object that will be again treasured, seeking to re-appropriate the rejected and imbue it with a new value.

 “Cloud Catcher” is a direct response to the exhibition theme with a deeply personal narrative. I think back to my own education; how fortunate I have been. To have been mentored, nurtured and encouraged to be brave, develop the facility for critical thought and to make connections and cultivate my own ideas and views, I have been able to question, to pursue dreams to allow my imaginings to unfurl and take flight.

Ideas and thoughts tumble and roll like clouds, links are made and ideas are formed. At its core “Cloud Catcher” is a homage to those that have taught, those that have listened, ones that have come before and those in the future that love to learn.

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“Like Water” 2018 “Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” -       Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad There is a lesson in the way water moves, powerful enough to engulf, to destroy, able to cleanse, to offer life, to wear away even the hardest rock into the finest sand. Exposed to heat becomes steam, the cold it becomes ice but at the end is still water.  This piece captures these themes, a pleated paper wave caught in an instant, the skeins of cotton threads attempt to confine this surging mass. Struggling to tether these ruffles that are straining to escape these confines.Be like water, know your strength and your power within, nothing can hold you back.Private Collection 

“Like Water” 2018

“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” 

-       Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

There is a lesson in the way water moves, powerful enough to engulf, to destroy, able to cleanse, to offer life, to wear away even the hardest rock into the finest sand. Exposed to heat becomes steam, the cold it becomes ice but at the end is still water.  

This piece captures these themes, a pleated paper wave caught in an instant, the skeins of cotton threads attempt to confine this surging mass. Struggling to tether these ruffles that are straining to escape these confines.

Be like water, know your strength and your power within, nothing can hold you back.

Private Collection