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My work depicts the mind’s struggle to comprehend the Eastern philosophical tenets of non-duality and My work depicts the mind’s struggle to comprehend the Eastern philosophical tenets of non-duality and enlightenment.  The imagery vacillates between a portrayal of the feminine principle of Divine Energy, juxtaposed with that of a contracted state of Being, mired in duality and ego consciousness.

Comprised primarily of all white sheep’s wool, my work utilizes the material to symbolize Divinity embracing all things. The wools’ insular quality signifies warmth and protection. The palette embraces Kandinsky’s color theory that white conveys ‘a great silence’ which ‘exists before birth’.

Formally, the wool is represented in disparate states of being: rigid and soft, structured and amorphous. Manipulated to varying degrees, the felted, glued or hand twisted knots of fiber elicit associations with corporeality and, paradoxically, transcendence. Scale varies from tiny pod-like sculptures to large installation work. Protuberances of knotted fiber spill out from wall reliefs and form piles on the floor.  Organs, umbilical cords, genitalia and the crevices of the mind can be perceived.

Embedded objects, chosen for conceptual significance, are sometimes hidden within the wool, their true nature visually concealed. They can be interpreted as cocoons or captured prey, either way, both transmuting life. They serve to challenge the very nature of an object or an idea, as well as what is actually “seen” by the seer.