Solo exhibition late 2019 into 2020 at Rountree Gallery Platteville WI.

Working with raw elements of the earth and natural found objects, most of these pieces were created and integrated into the landscape. In this exhibition Ephemeral Embrace, the work explores the relationship between human systems and nature, the organic and the constructed coexist in search of balance and harmony. Inquires into the relationship between the free and constrained, the gallery and the landscape, the permanent and the fleeting are core to the work. There is an underlying sense of ritual as the pieces are formed, placed and left to the land as a kind of offering, an atonement for our current state of imbalance.

These earth/land works are ephemeral, often just a few days and mostly absorbed back into the ground or washed or blown away. The photo documentation is meant to represent the work when created, during its existence and the inevitable deterioration or dismantling. The photographic record exposes an interesting contrast between the fleeting and preserved, the fragile and permanent. Its a source of further exploration for certain works the exist in a more traditional studio and gallery setting.