Story Rock (series)

I am inspired by the Taihu rocks of traditional Chinese art and aesthetics In Chinese traditions the imagery of a rock/mountain seeks to convey the representation of the mountain as an intermediary space between heaven and earth where the supplicant can find the possibility of spiritual “transformation” from the ordinary and the mundane through ascension to the holy and divine. The holes and spaces within the rock/mountain have important semantic as sacred spaces that lead beyond the material plane. Caves were often used and inhabited as spaces for worship and meditation in both Buddhist and Taoist religious and spiritual practices. Thus, the picturing of a mountain or cave evokes a world manifesting the inseparable nature of the invisible realm of spirit with the visible realm of the forms.
These sculptures are composed of found objects glue and paint.