In 2006 I moved from New Orleans to Vinalhaven where I continue to explore the convergence of light, water, land and sky. I live in the village, a short walk from Lane's Island Preserve, 48 acres of coastal forest, bogs, and granite cliffs sculpted by the Atlantic, all surrounding a rocky crescent beach whose flat expanse accentuates the ocean's 8-10 foot tides.

I usually work two-dimensionally, but for "Site-Specific: Vinalhaven" I built a three-dimensional "line drawing" of an iconic Maine house, made of wood and painted white. The house was installed on the shoreline above an island of marsh grass. As the winds shifted directions and the tides rose and fell, both house and marsh grass were affected by these changing conditions.

With the debate about global warming and rising sea levels escalating, my intention was for "House" to encourage the viewer to reflect on how nature's cycles shape the way man decides to live in a particular environment and how man's behavior has an impact on those cycles.

See: Site-specific, Green Earth Vinalhaven

Photo credits, left to right: Pat Lundholm, Pat Lundholm, Barbara Goodbody

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