Switzerland part 2

I just returned from a one week whirlwind trip back to art-st-urban, in Switzerland. It is hard to believe that it has almost been two years since I was there for the ISC residency! This time around there were several other past residents and we worked from dusk till dawn making sculpture. I met some pretty amazing friends/artists and had some good debates about the merits of westcoast vs. eastcoast art. At the end of the week an auction was held to benefit art-st-urban and its artist residents. The auction was a success, and I am pleased to report that I sold some work and received an award from art-st-urban. Here are some pictures of the sculpture that I made while there. It is constructed out of gusasphalt and glass.

Fun with crystals

Here are two new sculptures fresh from my studio. They are is beginning of a new body of work, which combines some of my personal iconography and family history. As a child my parents were avid rock hounds, and my sister and I were often drug into wilderness in search of quartz crystals, fossils and gold. Now, as an adult I cherish those memories as invaluable, but wonder about the false value often placed on the endless hoard of possessions that we surround ourselves with.