Being fully alive as humans
I got caught in the rain at PCEI today. Drenched. Came home, dried off, drank tea, and happily picked up where I left off reading a book that keeps me […]
Category Archives: Field studies
So erratic, so wobbly, the muse
“Creativity takes courage.” According to Henry Matisse, if I remember correctly. No kidding. Making a commitment to produce art before knowing for certain what the heck I’ll be doing —well, […]
Nature center as art asylum
Before moving forward on a new outdoor sculpture, I wanted to remember an outdoor sculpture I created in 2007. Two Forms was a class project, destined for the trash heap […]
Back into the field again
After returning home from my Holden Village artist residency,I’ve been feeling a bit frisky. I wonder if a few braincells were freeze-dried in the fresh mountain air of the north […]
Foraging for rock textures at Point Lobos
San Jose, San Francisco and Palo Alto left me giddy after my museum and gallery visits two weeks ago. Understandable, living as I do in north Idaho, so distant from […]
Ancient mystical relics at Veedauwoo
A towering jumble of giant rocks rises out of flat high plains between Cheyenne and Laramie. Known as one of world’s climbing meccas, it reportedly has over 300 routes to […]
Partaking of Wyoming’s sedimentary strata
Yesterday, a surprising end to an interview with the University of Wyoming videographer Ali Grossman. While packing her gear, she pulled me aside: “There are some fabulous rock formations south […]
Gerri Sayler Artist 