2014 NYSCA Individual Artist Grant, Soul vessels Art and Nature
On Exhibit at Hurst gallery, Cumming Nature Center, Naples,
September 28th, 2014-October 26
Soul Vessels :Art and Nature is an installation series on Nature and the human soul containing 20 wall sculptures in a seed pod vessel shaped form, each one representing a person or the essence of a person, as sculptural abstract portraits. The space inside the forms, containing an aspect of the person is a metaphor for a simple refuge or containers for intimate feelings and desires, emphasizing the space as a place for inhabitancy. Each piece is made of different natural materials found in nature such as moss, grape vine, a variety of barks, etc. The piece titled “For the Love of Wine”, is made of grape vines and inside the form is a small sculpture of a cup bearer holding a cup of wine. The wine bearer can only be fully seen if the door is opened. Another piece title, “Solitude”, is made out of homemade paper and lichen, it has a nest like form containing white feathers. This piece refers to solitude as being white and soft, a comfort zone of security that comes with being alone. “Childhood Memories”, is made of green Spanish moss on the outside and filled with a variety of mosses in the inside. This fairy house like vessel contains a swing in reference to the joys of childhood memories and the sensation of swinging. The work as a whole is made up of the mystery and intelligence I see in natural forms.