A Sense of Place
2005 Rawls Museum, Courtland, Virginia
Train wheels, Rail, Soil and mixed media. Overall 5x11x27'
An installation about the ongoing dialogue between the land and human beings in this part of Virginia. Most of the area is cultivated for growing cotton or peanuts, but the landscape is also sprinkled with many barns, abandoned railway and other structures currently in the process of being reclaimed by nature.
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Odocoileus Virginianus, Taxidermic deer and video. Overall 24x16x20"
I am often intrigued by how the eyes of deer at night glow with a pale greenish color resembling some kind of electronic device. Odocoileus Virginianus is the Latin name for Virginia Deer or white-tailed deer. I see the deer as a metaphor for the consciousness of the wild. Alert and ever watchful, these animals are like quiet guardians, looking after the woods and areas in which they live. The deer head has been transformed from a hunting trophy into a talisman or receiver, an ocular oracle with eyes containing residual images of the animal's past. |
