Alaska Gold
A series created in response to a 2010 artist's residency at Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska) in the East Fork Cabin.
Alaska Gold started with experiencing and observing my own and others attitudes and feelings about animals in the park (wilderness) versus those found in their everyday setting (urban, suburban). Also, I had the feeling of being overwhelmed and in awe of the sheer scale of the landscape and of the large animals, such as bears and wolves, that I encountered. This led me to concentrate on creatures and plants of more diminutive size (and ones that seemed “familiar” due to their relatives being regularly found in urban/suburban backyards/gardens) such as the snowshoe hares, arctic ground squirrels, wildflowers, and many cryptogams (fungi, lichen, moss) that were abundant near the East Fork Cabin. Secondly, this series focused on what is unseen – the mysterious, the unknown, the unbelievable and the experience of the other natural phenomenon of this landscape such as the light and the climate.
Alaska Gold started with experiencing and observing my own and others attitudes and feelings about animals in the park (wilderness) versus those found in their everyday setting (urban, suburban). Also, I had the feeling of being overwhelmed and in awe of the sheer scale of the landscape and of the large animals, such as bears and wolves, that I encountered. This led me to concentrate on creatures and plants of more diminutive size (and ones that seemed “familiar” due to their relatives being regularly found in urban/suburban backyards/gardens) such as the snowshoe hares, arctic ground squirrels, wildflowers, and many cryptogams (fungi, lichen, moss) that were abundant near the East Fork Cabin. Secondly, this series focused on what is unseen – the mysterious, the unknown, the unbelievable and the experience of the other natural phenomenon of this landscape such as the light and the climate.
