3.25.2013: tracks

I just found this photo from the end of December. I was just about to have lunch before leaving Pittsburgh, and as I walked to the restaurant, came across this flurry of bird tracks. After lunch, I planned to take a few more photos, but the tracks were gone. Fresh snow.

2.17.2013: clouds

The view from up there. Not far from Richmond, VA.

12.06.2012: final critique day shadows

It's the last day of class and my students' shadows encroach upon the burlap sculptures we are about to critique...

6.29.2012: amazing sunset

We witnessed a beautiful sunset this evening. We were all bathed in pink.

And then, as Open Studios finished up, we went to my studio and made some mountains. 

It was a good day.

6.29.2012: Open Studios

- .... .- -. -.- /  -.-- --- ..- (Thank You) 

Morse Code Laundry, clothesline, basket, ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY, 2012.

I've spent the last couple of days in the studio finishing work and spent today getting ready for Open Studios and doing laundry. It's all part of what we do here and I appreciate it. Therefore, in so many ways, thank you. 

Or, if you prefer: - .... .- -. -.- /  -.-- --- ..-

6.26.2012: veil

Veil, plaster, organza, 20" x 12" x 6", 2012.

A few more mountains were created today, and I also played around with covering some rocks with sheer organza. Then I thought I might hang some of the mountains on the wall, and voilà, I made something I'll have to think about for awhile.

6.24.2012: Storm King!

Wahoo! I went to Storm King today. It was excellent. We saw huge sculptures and got some exercise. And, I finally got to see Andy Goldsworthy's Wall.

6.22.2012: red clouds at night

We worked on the farm today and got back to the house just before a big thunderstorm blew through. This evening is quiet and crickety while we catch fireflies and enjoy the sunset. The view above is across the field next to the house.

6.21.2012: cardu mountains

Two different versions of the beginning of the Cardu Mountain Range.

Cardu Mountains, cardboard, duct tape, plaster, 27" x 11" x 7" overall, dimensions variable for each, 2012.

6.20.2012: shadow play

6.19.2012: mtn lines

Mtn Lines, wood, 168" x 22" x 36", ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY, 2012.

Today was full of many tinkering failures, large and small, but in the golden light this evening, I may have found an inkling of something better. Once again, the whole becomes more than the sum of its parts. And, whether I am conscious of them at the time, I keep exploring the same things:  multiples, some sort of landscape/hillock/mountain form, and the interaction with a location. When I put those three big L-shapes together and photographed the result, I also found a relationship to the old building and the power lines in the background, which was unexpected, and puts a nice conceptual twist to the sculpture's leaning form. It may be a mountain out of a molehill, or a molehill out of a mountain, in  this case, but it's something for now.

p.s. I also like the pun-ny title (Mtn Lines...i.e. mountain lions), although I haven't seen or heard any around here. Only coyotes and owls. And, the light really is golden right before sunset around here--we've been calling it the magic hour.

6.18.2012: standing space

Standing Space, performance for video, wood, 90" x 36" x 36", 2012.

6.16.2012: Tivoli Bays hike

Today, a short hike in Tivoli Bays Park, near the Hudson River.

6.15.2012: The Met

I took a quick trip to NYC and wandered around town with my cousin. We stopped at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see Tomas Saraceno's Cloud City on the roof.

The rooftop view of Central Park and Manhattan.

6.13.2012: growing similarities

It rained all day yesterday, and into the night. When I got up this morning, drops were hanging all over the dill growing next to my studio.

Band-Aids Buds, detail, tree, yarn, Pine Plains, NY, 2012.

This afternoon, while walking through the woods, I came across a tree that had a line of dead branches all pointing in the same direction (down the hill), so thought I would help it out a little.

6.11.2012: woods walking

 

A little tree sculpture for the afternoon. 

Pine Plains, NY, 2012.

6.11.2012: Stissing Mountain

This morning a group of us went for a hike on Stissing Mountain.

6.10.2012: waiting

Waiting, the view outside my studio at chaNorth, 2012.

6.8.2012: weighty issues

Cloud elevators, cotton batting, wood, (top), organza, wood (bottom), 2012

I spent the morning playing around with my little wooden stands/boxes today, as I continue to think about elevated landscapes.

6.7.2012: monumental weeds

I took a walk in the field and woods nearby and was inspired by the tall, straight weeds. It's all a matter of perspective.