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These assemblages
evolved out of a desire to create art in a different way
than by painting. Creating these assemblages was like constructing
three-dimensional collages. They evoke a spiritual mystery,
born by juxtaposing disparate, unexpected elements. Objects
gathered from my travels, from walks in the woods, and given
to me as gifts create compositions wholly different from
their individual parts. The results express a psychological
journey of "gathering," versus one of "hunting."
Owl wings
reach out from the sides of a chair ornamented with spinal
bones, a hoofed animal's mask, with a seat painted to resemble
a looking glass or pool of water. A lyrically curved strip
of birch bark becomes a pair of wings when attached to a
Balinese monkey mask. The monkey mask becomes the head of
a winged, horned shaman with a figure of feathers. A simple
birdhouse becomes an enigmatic horned home adorned with
roots, shells and parrot feathers, perched proudly and anthropomorphically
on a tall, skinny, striped pillar, shored up by a base reflecting
patterns of the sea.
Such eclectic
additions transform a once plain chair into a seat of magical
power and seemingly shamanic influence, or a tourist mask
into a mystical figure, or a bird house into a symbol of
rootedness.
These assemblages
were created in the Hudson River Valley.
Chair
of Influence, 36" x 30"
Shaman,
36" x 30"
Bird
House Totem, 68" x 24" x 24"
Winged
Star, 10" x 8" x 8"
Ceremonial
Fetish Necklace, 21” x 25 ”
Appalachian
Log, 8” x 18”
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