from neolithic to modern

I submitted a piece to a juried show. This is a first for me - an application...an application fee (bummer)...photos...artists statement. Seriously-this is the real thing!

The event is the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley - where all things art just happen. The name of the show is: The Making is a Remaking. What are Worlds made of?

"Not from nothing… Worldmaking starts from worlds already on hand: the making is a remaking."
Nelson Goodman (Ways of Worldmaking, 1978)

And here is what I submitted: Waiting for Solstice.

and my artists statement here that describes this piece.

When I was a little girl I often imagined that I lived in a small world in a contained space

and I was part of a bigger world and was being observed by this bigger alternate

universe. I took this fascination in later years to assembling miniature worlds and

creating works of art that were always smaller than everyone else's. In college while my

classmates worked on large canvases I drew in spaces of about 6x6 inches. For this

project I used my love of miniature worlds and assembled my version of a neolithic rock

formation. Having recently traveled to Ireland I saw many of these and loved and learned

from each one. In 2000 I traveled to the Surrey Plain in England and walked around

Stonehenge - fascinated by the precarious balance of the beautiful blue stones. While I

did not have access to stone-age rocks I did have a pile of beautiful driftwood I recently

purchased. These small pieces of wood...softened by the forces of nature were a perfect

replacement and so I assembled my own miniature neolithic world. The very small rusted

metal part I picked up on the side of a road is reminiscent of the Heel Stone - where the

midsummer sun rises when viewed from the center of Stonehenge. Painted stripes add

color and interest and bring the piece into the modern world and the riverbed reminds

the viewer that the driftwood once floated in water.