Making waves, the rise and fall of art
I’m one of those people who speak with their hands. That makes it tricky to work on a lift, while explaining my art installation at the same time. But thinking […]
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Visualizing gargantuan glacial floods
Numinous is the most recent in a series of art installations inspired by the Northwest’s catastrophic geologic history. It’s a spectacular story that includes megaflooding flooding of Glacial Lake Missoula […]
Line as body, body as landscape
Birth. Passion. Fire. I browsed the web for the etymology of red. The Portuguese word is vermelho, which comes from the Latin “vermiculus,” meaning “little worm.” My, how my little worm […]
First came bones, now the tissue
I never imagined an old theme of mine — body as landscape — would appear in my art again. But surely, here it is, as though it needed to have […]
To let wind do the sculpting
Streamers and stakes? Without knowing, my ‘scientific’ observations morphed into a visual that functioned like a sculptural maquette for me. For days, I’ve watched the line of wind currents translated […]
Artistic eyes on prevailing wind
I “studied” wind for several hours this week. Rudimentarily speaking, that is. What’s an artist residency without a bit of observational research? During spring and summer, prevailing winds here at […]
Before the wind, there was wind
“We were born before the wind also younger than the sun …” Van Morrison My concept has emerged: wind. How could it not be. Without a doubt, it is the most omnipotent […]
Channeling architect Antoine Predock
It’s time for me to talk about my silent collaborator: Antoine Predock. The world-acclaimed architect designed the UW Centennial Complex, which houses the museum. Though cloudscapes inspired Interstitial, the design […]
It’s cloud’s illusions I recall: Part Two
. . . now they only block the sun. They rain and snow on everyone. So many things I would have done. But clouds got in my way. — Joni Mitchell To continue […]
It’s cloud’s illusions I recall: Part One
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now. From up and down, and still somehow. It’s clouds illusions I recall. I really don’t know clouds at all. — Joni Mitchell With […]
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