Formations: Joshua Tree Rocks
The artist has journeyed into the Mojave Desert to interact with the monolithic, ancient and immovable with her latest project “Formations.”
Over a stone
What is flying
Is only clouds
To create these strikingly organic works using stone, pastel, clay, oil paint and video, the artist spent countless hours and days with her subjects in the Mojave: “Like the Formations themselves, I exposed myself to the wind, the heat, and the sounds of the desert. What stays with me is the novelty of these miraculous forms and how they have come together.”
“The way I’ve composed the pieces relates to the spatial conditioning of the groupings. Like a family grown together, or breaking apart, they stand or lie in various stages of light — unified, cracked, broken, yet still proud and strong.” Although permanent and primeval, the artist conveys a dynamism and living quality in these works. " The Studio canvases reflect the intimate experience of that time in a picture perfect moment with a tonal hue embracing it all."
Plein Air Paintings
To create these striking works the artist spent countless hours and days with her subjects in the Mojave desert: " Like the formations themselves, I exposed myself to the wind, the heat, and the sounds of the desert. What stays with me is the novelty of these miraculous forms and how they have come together.The painting and drawings en plein air capture the raw limitations and simplicity of line caused by the natural editing process of time and light. "
Works on Paper
The process of capturing image on paper in many forms and guises. The most recent work is print created from Video stills, techniques and Glitches used to link video cells.
Photography
Thousands of plein air sketches are the root of the artists style.
Sculpture
The figurative works throughout all the different mediums she has used combine the “ perfect combination of earth and idea”.
The act of carving the “Formations” out of stone was a journey in itself. The sculpting allowed the artist to ‘travel’ across surfaces, spending time in the crevices, cutting the stone, chiseling the shapes and sanding the form. The fired clay sculptures have purposefully undergone a process not dissimilar to the actual life cycle of the Mojave monoliths.