Floating Woods Vast Array
Floating Woods Vast Array

tree anatomy harvested out of various stages of decay, lovingly selected, cleaned and arranged, 16x8ft (dimensions and contents variable), 2012-2015

Arm, Unformed, Knee (left to right)
Arm, Unformed, Knee (left to right)

found, cleaned tree limbs, shellac, 25.5x7x6in, 9x6x7in, 13x7x7.5in, 2014

Tree Viscera Sculpture (install view)
Tree Viscera Sculpture (install view)
Flesh
Flesh

found and cleaned root core, oil paint, shellac, 10x21x13in, 2014

Rust
Rust

meticulously cleaned internal tree guts excavated from a fallen tree root core, acrylic, shellac, 12x17x10in, 2014

Roots ~ 4 (Leaf Miner Trail)
Roots ~ 4 (Leaf Miner Trail)

five found, cleaned and attached dead mangrove root sections, shellac, glue, 6x3ft, 2012-2014

Roots ~ 1 (Leaf Miner Trail)
Roots ~ 1 (Leaf Miner Trail)

three found and cleaned dead mangrove root sections, shellac, 5x1.5ft, 2012

Roots ~ 3 (Labyrinth)
Roots ~ 3 (Labyrinth)

twelve found, cleaned and attached dead mangrove root sections, shellac, glue, 12x14x3in, 2014

Floating Paper Array
Floating Paper Array

found and cultivated weathered magazines, dimensions and contents vary, 2011-2015

Front Yard Ephemera
Front Yard Ephemera

found roots of grass and fallen leaves, spray paint, shellac, grids constructed from repurposed materials, 2014

Front Yard Ephemera (detail)
Front Yard Ephemera (detail)

6x6x1.5in

Ingrained (installation view)
Ingrained (installation view)

found section of fallen branch, acrylic paint, wood burner, platform constructed from repurposed materials, 3 x 3.5 x 8.5in, 2014

Ingrained (detail)
Ingrained (detail)
In Our Bones (install view)
In Our Bones (install view)
In Our Bones
In Our Bones

found deer jaw and spine bones, collaged paper from found weathered magazines, platform constructed from repurposed materials, 10x5x3in, 2014

Empty Nest
Empty Nest

found and cleaned root core, nest, and armadillo spine, 2014 (additional objects on the left and right are untitled)

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Common Seed Pod Collection
Common Seed Pod Collection

seed pods collected locally and regionally, repurposed letterpress type shelf and other repurposed materials, 12x12x2in, 2011-2015

Insects
Insects

found insect bodies, cork board, pins, frame constructed from found materials, 6.5x5x2.5in, 2014-2015

Insects (detail)
Insects (detail)
Resistance
Resistance

found antiquated resistors, cork, pins, frame constructed from found materials, 6.5x5x2.5in, 2014-2015

Still Being Born
Still Being Born

found insect nests, eggs, shells, cork board, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 5x7x2in, 2014-2015

Tree Autopsy Specimen (Rust) II
Tree Autopsy Specimen (Rust) II

meticulously cleaned internal tree viscera excavated from a fallen tree root core, cork board, pins, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 5x5x2in, 2014-2015

The Council of Seven Days
The Council of Seven Days

found rare hummingbird nest, bird egg, lizard eggs, snakeskin, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 5x5x3.5in, 2014-2015

From Deep Within
From Deep Within

alternate anatomy, found forest objects, acrylic paint, fabric, pins, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 12.5x8x6in, 2014-2015

Time Collage
Time Collage

unmanipulated forgotten objects from grandfather’s old workshop, old sleeping bag stuffing, skull, pins, frame constructed from 1976 handmade Jensen house address sign and other repurposed materials, 12.5x10.5x4in, 2014-2015

Cabin Ephemera
Cabin Ephemera

manipulated found objects, moss, string, dryer lint, cotton, tinder, hair, roots, paper, beeswax, pencil, cork board, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 15x19x3in, 2014-2015

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Tree Autopsy Specimen (Black Earth)
Tree Autopsy Specimen (Black Earth)

harvested mineral encrusted tree parts, pins, cork board, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 8x12.5x4in, 2014-2015

Tree Autopsy Specimen (Rust) I
Tree Autopsy Specimen (Rust) I

meticulously cleaned tree organs harvested from fallen tree root cores, fabric, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 8x11.5x4in, 2014-2015

Post Bouquet
Post Bouquet

harvested Florida plants, pins, cork board, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 8x11.5x3.5in, 2014-2015

Barn Workshop Ephemera
Barn Workshop Ephemera

manipulated found objects, weathered bed sheet, pins, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 13.5x13x4in, 2014-2015

Intimate Immensities Diorama Cubes Series
Intimate Immensities Diorama Cubes Series
Black Earth
Black Earth

found and cleaned mineral encrusted branch, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from repurposed materials, 6.5x6.5x8in, 2014-2015

Black Earth (detail II)
Black Earth (detail II)
Forgotten Chamber
Forgotten Chamber

roots removed from internal tree viscera, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from repurposed materials, 8.5x8.5x8.5in, 2014-2015

Forgotten Chamber (detail II)
Forgotten Chamber (detail II)
Within the Forest
Within the Forest

harvested young trees covered in lichen forests, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from repurposed materials, 10.5x10.5x10.5in, 2014-2015

Within the Forest (detail I)
Within the Forest (detail I)
Heart Shell
Heart Shell

meticulously cleaned internal tree viscera excavated from a fallen tree root core, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from repurposed materials. 7x7x7in, 2014

Heart Shell (detail III)
Heart Shell (detail III)
Aging Interiors
Aging Interiors

unearthed chicken wire buried for decades, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from found repurposed materials, 5.5x5.5x5.5in, 2014-2015

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Curcuitory System
Curcuitory System

found antiquated circuit boards etc, acrylic paint, cork board, pins, frame constructed from found materials, 8x12.5x2in, 2010-2015

Organic Tech
Organic Tech

found antiquated circuit boards etc, cork board, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 11.5x28x2.5in, 2010-2015

Skin (install view)
Skin (install view)
Skin II
Skin II

pieces of tree viscera, tree bark with lichen and moss, glue, repurposed plywood, 4x4x4in, 2014

Skin III
Skin III

Found decayed magazine fragments, glue, repurposed plywood, 4x4x4in, 2014

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Hold Fast (install view I)
Hold Fast (install view I)
Hold Fast I (a)
Hold Fast I (a)

wood-burned tracings of leafminer trails, Papa's boat drawing, fractal roots from Flag of the World tapestry, text from old Bible, repurposed rough-cut cypress, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast II (a)
Hold Fast II (a)

wood-burned tracings of leafminer trails, Papa's typed letter to grandson, family history imagery, text from old Bible, repurposed rough-cut cypress, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast III (a)
Hold Fast III (a)

wood-burned tracings of leafminer trails, Papa's cabin plans, insect trails from log in cabin, text from old Bible, repurposed rough-cut cypress, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast IV (a)
Hold Fast IV (a)

wood-burned tracings of leafminer trails, Papa's hand written letter to his son, family history imagery, text from old Bible, repurposed rough-cut cypress, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast (install view II)
Hold Fast (install view II)
Hold Fast IV (b)
Hold Fast IV (b)
Hold Fast III (b)
Hold Fast III (b)
Hold Fast III (detail)
Hold Fast III (detail)
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Photo Dioramas (install view)
Photo Dioramas (install view)
Remains
Remains

hand cut and layered prints, frame constructed from found materials, 7x7x2in, 2014-2015

In Our Blood
In Our Blood

grandmother’s photos, hand cutout and layered anatomy, frame constructed from found materials, 4x5x1.5in, 2014-2015

Removed
Removed

other grandmother’s photo, hand cut forms, acrylic paint, archival ink, glue, frame constructed from found materials, 5.5x8.5x2.5in, 2014-2015

Remnant (detail)
Remnant (detail)

grandmother’s photo, hand cutout and separated leafminor pattern, frame constructed from found materials, 9.5x11.5x2in, 2014-2015

Times Square / Gulf Hammock (install view)
Times Square / Gulf Hammock (install view)
Times Square / Gulf Hammock ~ III
Times Square / Gulf Hammock ~ III

hand cut and layered snapshots from Times Square, fabric, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 5.5x7.5x1.25in, 2005-2015

Times Square / Gulf Hammock ~ IV
Times Square / Gulf Hammock ~ IV

hand cut and layered snapshots from Times Square, fabric, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 5.5x7.5x1.25in, 2005-2015

Calendar
Calendar

found paper with grandfather’s grid drawing, weathered magazine remains, glue, fabric, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 14.5x16x1.5in, 2014

Calendar (detail)
Calendar (detail)
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Different Blood
Different Blood

found weathered and termite eaten paper, colored pencil, fabric, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 12x14.5x2in, 2014

Philip's Original Cabin Drawings I
Philip's Original Cabin Drawings I

Found, weathered drawing

Ancestral Forest ~ IV
Ancestral Forest ~ IV

found cedar limb with insect trails, acrylic paint, wood burner, platform constructed from repurposed materials, 5x2.5x3in, 2014

Ancestral Forest ~ I (b)
Ancestral Forest ~ I (b)
Ancestral Forest ~ II (a)
Ancestral Forest ~ II (a)

found limb with insect trails, acrylic paint, wood burner, 14x3.5x3in, 2014

Floating Woods Vast Array
Arm, Unformed, Knee (left to right)
Tree Viscera Sculpture (install view)
Flesh
Rust
Roots ~ 4 (Leaf Miner Trail)
Roots ~ 1 (Leaf Miner Trail)
Roots ~ 3 (Labyrinth)
Floating Paper Array
Front Yard Ephemera
Front Yard Ephemera (detail)
Ingrained (installation view)
Ingrained (detail)
In Our Bones (install view)
In Our Bones
Empty Nest
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Common Seed Pod Collection
Insects
Insects (detail)
Resistance
Still Being Born
Tree Autopsy Specimen (Rust) II
The Council of Seven Days
From Deep Within
Time Collage
Cabin Ephemera
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Tree Autopsy Specimen (Black Earth)
Tree Autopsy Specimen (Rust) I
Post Bouquet
Barn Workshop Ephemera
Intimate Immensities Diorama Cubes Series
Black Earth
Black Earth (detail II)
Forgotten Chamber
Forgotten Chamber (detail II)
Within the Forest
Within the Forest (detail I)
Heart Shell
Heart Shell (detail III)
Aging Interiors
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Curcuitory System
Organic Tech
Skin (install view)
Skin II
Skin III
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Hold Fast (install view I)
Hold Fast I (a)
Hold Fast II (a)
Hold Fast III (a)
Hold Fast IV (a)
Hold Fast (install view II)
Hold Fast IV (b)
Hold Fast III (b)
Hold Fast III (detail)
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Photo Dioramas (install view)
Remains
In Our Blood
Removed
Remnant (detail)
Times Square / Gulf Hammock (install view)
Times Square / Gulf Hammock ~ III
Times Square / Gulf Hammock ~ IV
Calendar
Calendar (detail)
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Different Blood
Philip's Original Cabin Drawings I
Ancestral Forest ~ IV
Ancestral Forest ~ I (b)
Ancestral Forest ~ II (a)
Floating Woods Vast Array

tree anatomy harvested out of various stages of decay, lovingly selected, cleaned and arranged, 16x8ft (dimensions and contents variable), 2012-2015

Arm, Unformed, Knee (left to right)

found, cleaned tree limbs, shellac, 25.5x7x6in, 9x6x7in, 13x7x7.5in, 2014

Tree Viscera Sculpture (install view)
Flesh

found and cleaned root core, oil paint, shellac, 10x21x13in, 2014

Rust

meticulously cleaned internal tree guts excavated from a fallen tree root core, acrylic, shellac, 12x17x10in, 2014

Roots ~ 4 (Leaf Miner Trail)

five found, cleaned and attached dead mangrove root sections, shellac, glue, 6x3ft, 2012-2014

Roots ~ 1 (Leaf Miner Trail)

three found and cleaned dead mangrove root sections, shellac, 5x1.5ft, 2012

Roots ~ 3 (Labyrinth)

twelve found, cleaned and attached dead mangrove root sections, shellac, glue, 12x14x3in, 2014

Floating Paper Array

found and cultivated weathered magazines, dimensions and contents vary, 2011-2015

Front Yard Ephemera

found roots of grass and fallen leaves, spray paint, shellac, grids constructed from repurposed materials, 2014

Front Yard Ephemera (detail)

6x6x1.5in

Ingrained (installation view)

found section of fallen branch, acrylic paint, wood burner, platform constructed from repurposed materials, 3 x 3.5 x 8.5in, 2014

Ingrained (detail)
In Our Bones (install view)
In Our Bones

found deer jaw and spine bones, collaged paper from found weathered magazines, platform constructed from repurposed materials, 10x5x3in, 2014

Empty Nest

found and cleaned root core, nest, and armadillo spine, 2014 (additional objects on the left and right are untitled)

Common Seed Pod Collection

seed pods collected locally and regionally, repurposed letterpress type shelf and other repurposed materials, 12x12x2in, 2011-2015

Insects

found insect bodies, cork board, pins, frame constructed from found materials, 6.5x5x2.5in, 2014-2015

Insects (detail)
Resistance

found antiquated resistors, cork, pins, frame constructed from found materials, 6.5x5x2.5in, 2014-2015

Still Being Born

found insect nests, eggs, shells, cork board, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 5x7x2in, 2014-2015

Tree Autopsy Specimen (Rust) II

meticulously cleaned internal tree viscera excavated from a fallen tree root core, cork board, pins, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 5x5x2in, 2014-2015

The Council of Seven Days

found rare hummingbird nest, bird egg, lizard eggs, snakeskin, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 5x5x3.5in, 2014-2015

From Deep Within

alternate anatomy, found forest objects, acrylic paint, fabric, pins, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 12.5x8x6in, 2014-2015

Time Collage

unmanipulated forgotten objects from grandfather’s old workshop, old sleeping bag stuffing, skull, pins, frame constructed from 1976 handmade Jensen house address sign and other repurposed materials, 12.5x10.5x4in, 2014-2015

Cabin Ephemera

manipulated found objects, moss, string, dryer lint, cotton, tinder, hair, roots, paper, beeswax, pencil, cork board, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 15x19x3in, 2014-2015

Tree Autopsy Specimen (Black Earth)

harvested mineral encrusted tree parts, pins, cork board, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 8x12.5x4in, 2014-2015

Tree Autopsy Specimen (Rust) I

meticulously cleaned tree organs harvested from fallen tree root cores, fabric, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 8x11.5x4in, 2014-2015

Post Bouquet

harvested Florida plants, pins, cork board, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 8x11.5x3.5in, 2014-2015

Barn Workshop Ephemera

manipulated found objects, weathered bed sheet, pins, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 13.5x13x4in, 2014-2015

Intimate Immensities Diorama Cubes Series
Black Earth

found and cleaned mineral encrusted branch, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from repurposed materials, 6.5x6.5x8in, 2014-2015

Black Earth (detail II)
Forgotten Chamber

roots removed from internal tree viscera, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from repurposed materials, 8.5x8.5x8.5in, 2014-2015

Forgotten Chamber (detail II)
Within the Forest

harvested young trees covered in lichen forests, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from repurposed materials, 10.5x10.5x10.5in, 2014-2015

Within the Forest (detail I)
Heart Shell

meticulously cleaned internal tree viscera excavated from a fallen tree root core, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from repurposed materials. 7x7x7in, 2014

Heart Shell (detail III)
Aging Interiors

unearthed chicken wire buried for decades, repurposed lens, felt, LED, box constructed from found repurposed materials, 5.5x5.5x5.5in, 2014-2015

Curcuitory System

found antiquated circuit boards etc, acrylic paint, cork board, pins, frame constructed from found materials, 8x12.5x2in, 2010-2015

Organic Tech

found antiquated circuit boards etc, cork board, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 11.5x28x2.5in, 2010-2015

Skin (install view)
Skin II

pieces of tree viscera, tree bark with lichen and moss, glue, repurposed plywood, 4x4x4in, 2014

Skin III

Found decayed magazine fragments, glue, repurposed plywood, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast (install view I)
Hold Fast I (a)

wood-burned tracings of leafminer trails, Papa's boat drawing, fractal roots from Flag of the World tapestry, text from old Bible, repurposed rough-cut cypress, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast II (a)

wood-burned tracings of leafminer trails, Papa's typed letter to grandson, family history imagery, text from old Bible, repurposed rough-cut cypress, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast III (a)

wood-burned tracings of leafminer trails, Papa's cabin plans, insect trails from log in cabin, text from old Bible, repurposed rough-cut cypress, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast IV (a)

wood-burned tracings of leafminer trails, Papa's hand written letter to his son, family history imagery, text from old Bible, repurposed rough-cut cypress, 4x4x4in, 2014

Hold Fast (install view II)
Hold Fast IV (b)
Hold Fast III (b)
Hold Fast III (detail)
Photo Dioramas (install view)
Remains

hand cut and layered prints, frame constructed from found materials, 7x7x2in, 2014-2015

In Our Blood

grandmother’s photos, hand cutout and layered anatomy, frame constructed from found materials, 4x5x1.5in, 2014-2015

Removed

other grandmother’s photo, hand cut forms, acrylic paint, archival ink, glue, frame constructed from found materials, 5.5x8.5x2.5in, 2014-2015

Remnant (detail)

grandmother’s photo, hand cutout and separated leafminor pattern, frame constructed from found materials, 9.5x11.5x2in, 2014-2015

Times Square / Gulf Hammock (install view)
Times Square / Gulf Hammock ~ III

hand cut and layered snapshots from Times Square, fabric, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 5.5x7.5x1.25in, 2005-2015

Times Square / Gulf Hammock ~ IV

hand cut and layered snapshots from Times Square, fabric, frame constructed from found and repurposed materials, 5.5x7.5x1.25in, 2005-2015

Calendar

found paper with grandfather’s grid drawing, weathered magazine remains, glue, fabric, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 14.5x16x1.5in, 2014

Calendar (detail)
Different Blood

found weathered and termite eaten paper, colored pencil, fabric, pins, frame constructed from repurposed materials, 12x14.5x2in, 2014

Philip's Original Cabin Drawings I

Found, weathered drawing

Ancestral Forest ~ IV

found cedar limb with insect trails, acrylic paint, wood burner, platform constructed from repurposed materials, 5x2.5x3in, 2014

Ancestral Forest ~ I (b)
Ancestral Forest ~ II (a)

found limb with insect trails, acrylic paint, wood burner, 14x3.5x3in, 2014

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