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Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean—
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down—
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

—Mary Oliver

Monarch of the Marsh
mixed mdia
50" x 47" x 42"
2023
The Big Thaw
wood, steel, aluminum, clay, polyurethane foam, fiber, glass beads, thread, found fishing lures
47" x 52" x 17"
2023
Snag
mixed media
70" x 55" x 22"
2023
Star Grazers
wood, aluminum, clay, paint, glass beads, acrylic, thread, fiber, sequins
54" x 54" x 7"
2023
Summer Sky
polyurethane foam, wood, aluminum, clay, glass beads, thread
15" x 10.5" x 8"
2023
Snowshoe / Spring
wood, aluminum, clay, paint, thread, fiber
18" x 18" x 6"
2023
Dazzler
mixed media
38" x 16" x 6"
2023
The Young Prince
wood, aluminum, clay, paint, glass beads, acrylic, thread, fiber, sequins
50" x 48" x 7"
2023
Little Mouse
wood, aluminum, clay, sequins, glass beads
10" x 9" x 4"
2023
Late Spring
Mixed media
40" x 33" x 16"
2023
King of the Hill
wood, aluminum, clay, fiber, thread
42" x 39" x 10.5"
2023
Alpha
Polyurethane foam, aluminum, clay, glass beads. thread
17" x 10" x 10"
2023
Snowshoe / Summer
mixed media
21" x 17" x 7"
2023
Tree of Life
polyurethane foam, wood, clay, aluminum, felt, cotton, thread
38" x 22" x 20"
2023
Trickster
polyurethane foam, wood, aluminum, clay, glass beads
15" x 7" x 7"
2023
Snowshoe / Fall
wood, aluminum, clay, thread, fiber
18" x 19" x 7"
2023
Young Buck
Polyurethane foam, aluminum, clay, glass beads. thread
19" x 13" x 8"
2023
Showshoe / Winter
wood, aluminum, clay, paint, glass beads, acrylic, thread, fiber
18" x 19" x 6"
2023
Drifter
polyurethane foam, wood, aluminum, clay, glass beads, thread
19" x 15" x 13"
2023