Blades and Cotyledons
These two bodies of work, Blades and Cotyledons, were created in 2010 and 2011 for Soft Earth at Foster/White Gallery. Excerpts of the artist statement are below and the full artist statement appears on the blog. Contact the gallery for prices and availability.
The Blades series explores shape as a metaphor for human interaction with the natural world. Obsidian, fractured into faceted shards from solid stone, creates a sharp, cutting edge. Hoes till and reap. We can focus on a single blade of grass in the expanse of a field for just a moment before it is lost among the many.
The Cotyledons series examines the energy of growth as it bursts forth from the stasis of the contained seed. Shaken from a packet and pushed into damp soil by a child’s finger or planted by the million by an industrial agribusiness, the seed is an essential building block of culture. A fragile miracle of nature, the seed sprouts and feeds the hungry.
Download the Soft Earth catalog, Foster/White Gallery, April 2011 (pdf)
To see a larger picture of the piece click the image.
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- Cotyledon Four: Abundant, 2011
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- Cotyledon Four: Abundant, (detail) 2011
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- Blade One: Lunaria, 2010
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- Blade One: Lunaria (detail), 2010
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- Blade Two: Transluscent, 2011
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- Blade Six: Velvet Shibori, 2010
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- Blade Six: Velvet Shibori, (detail) 2010
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- Blade Twelve: Chemise, 2010
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- Cotyledon Eight: Ripple, 2011
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- Cotyledon Eight: Ripple, (detail) 2011
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- Blade Five: Forest Floor, 2010
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- Blade Thirteen: Verdure, 2010
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- Blade Seven: Honeycomb, 2011
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- Blade Ten: Fossil Record, 2011
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- Blade Four: Maple, 2010
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- Blade Eleven: Greengold, 2010
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- Blade Nine: Vein, 2011
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- Blade Three: Cell, 2011