Under Fragile Skies

These delicate and alluring works depict hybrid plant and animal organisms appropriated from the eccentric drawings of German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Displayed beneath glass domes, the sculptures become hermetic specimens, quarantined and of unknown origin.

False Spring

(outside view) wood, acrylic panels, steel, mixed media 9'x5'x6'

False Spring

(detail inside)

Groom

polymer clay, acrylic paint, glass, steel, mixed media 56"x9"x14"

Fluff and Fuss

polymer clay, acrylic paint, glass, steel, mixed media 56"x9"x14"

Preen

polymer clay, acrylic paint, glass, steel, mixed media 56"x9"x14"

Gussy

polymer clay, acrylic paint, glass, steel, mixed media 56"x9"x14"

Spruce

polymer clay, acrylic paint, glass, steel, mixed media 52"x8"x12"

Under Fragile Skies

(installation view)

Under Fragile Skies

(installation view)