Virga

Remnant, one of five installations in Virga: The Hunt for Water Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, 2013 | Back to Virga Main Page Materials: BFK Rives paper, pencil, pine pollen, eraser peelings, human hair Artist Statement Sept. 6, 2012.  I found a freshly killed female Abert squirrel on Mt. Elden Lookout [...]

A Toll on Earth, one of five installations in Virga: The Hunt for Water Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, 2013 | Back to Virga Main Page Materials: steel carousel, motor, bison skulls, 2000 lbs cornmeal, Ponderosa pine wood Artist Statement In the 19th century, the species - Bison bison - was decimated.  Hundreds [...]

Collaborating with an Abert, one of five installations in Virga: The Hunt for Water Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, 2013 | Back to Virga Main Page Materials: Ponderosa pine sticks, wood, rubber Artist Statement Sitting by our campfire near Payette Lake in Idaho on the morning of August 4, 2013, my [...]

Corvus, one of five installations in Virga: The Hunt for Water Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, 2013 | Back to Virga Main Page Materials: filament, pine pollen, crow specimen, steel plate Artist Statement The story of the Greek god Apollo's anger at the white raven, and his transformation of the bird's [...]

Standing at the Fire's Edge, one of five installations in Virga: The Hunt for Water Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, 2013 | Back to Virga Main Page Materials: charred Ponderosa pine timbers and wood, Aspen pole, sewer pipes,bowls, Cottonwood leaves, water, steel Artist Statement On Sept. 1, 1986, I was called [...]

A Bed in the Sky, Above Quetta, one of five installations in Virga: The Hunt for Water Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, 2013 | Back to Virga Main Page Materials: 560 lbs. of Quetta Pine needles Artist Statement After receiving my MFA, I moved to the state of Washington and lived [...]