(We Are All) Water Bodies 2023
13 x 30, archival pigment on mulberry paper
Still from a 360 video recorded inside a rock pool in the Dry Rocks area of the James River, in Richmond, VA.
Included in Environment at Risk 2023, Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen.
Environment at Risk is an exhibition by artists using various media to express and communicate harms and impacts to Virginia’s people and ecosystems. It is organized by artist/activist Jessica Sims, who is the Virginia Field Coordinator for Appalachian Voices.
"Seeking/Sensing" (2020)
13" x 28", archival digital print composited from drawing, leaf prints, painting, and video still images.
Inspired by the Cow Knob Salamander, found only in three counties on the border of Virginia and West Virginia.
To see an animated version, view the image using a smartphone or tablet with the
ARTIVIVE app (for Android and iOS)
The animation is also on Vimeo.
Included in Environment at Risk 2020
"River's Edge: Rock pool witness" (2019)
5" x 5" archival print.
Looking closer to witness life in process, and often over-looked.This is the James River, photographed at the Dry Rocks area near downtown Richmond.
Photography, video, animation, and AR app.
To see a moving version, view the image using a smartphone or tablet with the
ARTIVIVE app (for Android and iOS)
The animation is also on Vimeo.
"River's Edge: Water Wood Stone" (2019)
Observed at the dynamic edge where land emerges from the weight and movement of water, the surface drying. This is the James River, photographed at the VCU Rice Center.
Photography, animation, and AR app.
To see a moving version, view the image using a smartphone or tablet with the
ARTIVIVE app (for Android and iOS)
The animation is also on Vimeo.
Included in Environment at Risk exhibition, 2019.
"Between Frames" (2005) documents one small patch of the artist's garden, from two camera angles over a period of nine months. Using 35 mm slides (this was shot in 2001) the selected images were scanned into the computer and sequenced. While it depicts change over time, "Between Frames" is not a time-lapse piece but rather a window into events that play out in the disturbed natural space.
Sound score is by Rattlemouth.
"Falling Back to Earth: Tomatillo" (2000) is an allegorical journey of two tomatillos, inspired by these same fruits in her garden. The title reflects Galileo's definition of a parabola, being the path of a projectile, under uniform gravity, arching its way back to earth.
Soundscore is by Bob Rupe.
Image of two seeds in dirt.
Looking at the base of corn stalk, morning glory vine.
Image of tomatillo fruit inside of husk - 3D computer image.
Image of tomatillo on vine in garden; 3D computer image.