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Bower 35

Bower no. 35
2017
Mixed media with living plants
48" x 68" x 26"

Bower no. 35
2017
Mixed media with living plants
48" x 68" x 26"

Trophic Cascade
2017
Mixed media with living plants
36" x 42" x 20"

You Are A-peeling
2017
Wood, paint, chalk, hardware
38" x 20"

 

S.A.D. Park
Collaboration with Ralph Pugay & Ariana Jacob
November 2016
Houseguest Residency, Pioneer Courthouse Sq, Portland OR
I curated and arranged the foliage for the park, which gave
the public an opportunity to learn about Seasonal Affective
Disorder and the myriad ways to combat it.

   

Bloom #2

 

Bloom #2
2014
water, wood, algae, pump, florescent lights
64"x38"x16"

 

 

iowan surface

Iowan Surface (Des Moines Lobe)
2014
Hand-embroidery on canvas
11"x8.5"

Amargosa Chaos

Amargosa Chaos
2014
Hand-embroidery on canvas
11"x8.5"

Stockton Arch

Stockton Arch
2014
Hand-embroidery on canvas
11"x8.5"

Transverse Range

Tranvere Range (Basin)
2014
Hand-embroidery on canvas
11"x8.5"

self portrait as a piece of barbed wire

Self Portrait As A Piece Of Barbed Wire
2013
barbed wire, plaster 
77"

New Mexico

New Mexico
2012-13
hand-embroidery on linen
102"x95"

pyre

 

Pyre
2012
wood, barbed wire, tumbleweeds, fire
Dimensions variable

Self Portrait with Wolf


Self Portrait with Wolf

2013
Polaroid
3.25"x4.5"

Read about the making of this work here

Navajo Nation
2012-13
hand-embroidery on canvas
99 "x156"

 

navajo nation

 

Navajo Nation (detail)
2012-13
hand-embroidery on canvas
99 "x156"

Conocemos Por Lo Largo De Las Sombras Que Tardío Es El Dia
2012
(We Know The Lateness Of The Day By The Length Of The Shadows)
Steel animal traps, chains
Dimensions variable

Fence no.1
2012
wood, barbed wire, metel
60"x18"x18"

Fence no.2
2012
wood, barbed wire, metel
65"x24"x24"



Industry
2012
Color Video
8'35"

 

Frontier Fellowship Artist Residency
Green River, UT, 2012

Texas

Texas
2011
hand embroidery on linen
36"x36"

Texas, detail
2011
hand embroidery on linen
36"x36"

La Matríz, installation view
2012
scent lure, wooden box, oil lamp
dimensions variable

La Matríz
2012
scent lure, wooden box, oil lamp
dimensions variable

Set no. 1
2012
steel animal traps, chains
dimensions variable

War Bridle, 2nd Form
2011
rope
dimensions variable

Pasar o Trespasar?
2011
hand embroidery on fabric
36"x48"

Rattles
2012
ceramic, glass, wood
dimensions variable

War Bridle, 1st Form
2011
rope
dimensions variable

Rattles, detail
2012
ceramic, glass, wood
dimensions variable

Chained At The End Of The Shed Separate From The Others, installation view
2012
hand embroidery on fabric
53"x72"

Chained At The End Of The Shed Separate From The Others
2012
hand embroidery on fabric
53"x72"

Conocemos Por Lo Largo De Las Sombras Que Tardío Es El Dia, detail
2012
(We Know The Lateness Of The Day By The Length Of The Shadows)
Steel animal traps, chains
Dimensions variable

Trapped Poster
Ed. of 5, signed & numbered
steel trap, offset print
dimensions variable


Offset Poster printed by
Gary Robbins @ Container Corps

Of Things Discturbed That Had Been Sleeping, installation view
Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, Portland, OR

Of Things Discturbed That Had Been Sleeping, installation view
Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, Portland, OR

Of Things Discturbed That Had Been Sleeping, installation view
Manuel Izquierdo Gallery, Portland, OR

 

@ the opening
photo by Ashley Clark

 

The Artist & his traps
photo by Ashley Clark

Arizona Embroidery

Arizona
2012
hand-embroidery on linen
28"x24"

New Mexico Embroidery

New Mexico
2012
hand-embroidery on linen
28"x24"