JUST IN THE KNICK OF TIME
I’m savoring the memory of last night’s Artwalk reception. Great food, great turnout. But what I’ll always remember was my triumph over troubles. Two days ago, when I arrived back […]
Tag Archives: outdoor sculpture
ART UNFURLS, COMES TO LIFE
This installation had a difficult birth. As artist/midwife, I’m worn out but soooooooo exhilarated! And so very grateful to the gods for the window of clear skies. I was able […]
ART INSTALLATION FLYING HIGH
My rigging hardware is a DIY mix of dowels, steel wire, rings, swivels and gaskets. Trying do this on the cheap has been a challenge. Most pressing was the need […]
SEWING MACHINE AS POWER TOOL FOR SCULPTOR
Truly astonishing. That I am using a sewing machine to create outdoor sculpture. I essentially flunked Home Economics — back in the day. Until now, I’ve only used my ancient […]
LINE DANCING WIGGLES ITS WAY INTO LIFE
Line Dancing — fully fleshed. I’m pleased. Now, back to work on Wind Cloud Sky …
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 […]
Art studio among straw bales
Makeshift, but functional. Perfect, really. This is my open-air studio in the Red Barn, where I am able to do my contrapting out of the wind and still breath fresh […]
Out of the blue, a line of red
To draw a line in the grass. Impulse, no forethought. Out of nowhere, came an idea yesterday for a second outdoor sculpture. It happened so fast. Snooping in the sheds, I […]
Pulling knots atop a ladder
It’s the sort of thing a mother would say never do. Straddling a rickety wood ladder propped against a ten-foot post on a hill. Using a power jigsaw to pop […]
Posthole digging as artistic pursuit
Here’s my artistic collaborator, preparing the hillside for the installation. Steve Streets, all-around handyman/contractor who knows how to make just about anything work and build just about anything, too. Once the holes were […]
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 […]
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 […]
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