Cabin with a View
Drawing for Log Cabin Installation

Diagram mixed media on brown   pastel paper, 30" x 20".
The original proposal for Designers Saturday: Stuttgart was to construct an essentially American icon, a log cabin. This 10'x15' house sits uninhabited and empty, save for a window which views a perpetually idyllic natural landscape.

Log Cabin With A View
Room Installation Recorded from Designers Saturday Stuttgart, October 2002

One way of resolving the proposed 'Cabin with a View' — originally sited for out of doors, the situation changes to a conference room in an architects’ office. The materials are modified from a wood construction of a simple, essentially American dwelling, to a slide image of timber projected on the walls.

The environmental feeling of the cabin interior was enhanced with the use of mirrors. The window frames a painting of a lone view of mountains and stream — a desire for the rural within the confines of the city. Sound recording, 'Home on the Range' by Gene Autry, amplifies the American frontier spirit (a feeling I wanted to bring with me to the exhibition).

Parlor Steps

A narrative sitting room becomes a satire on love and courtship. Independent aspects stage different scenarios. The pieces can be perceived of themselves as individual sculptures. However, my intent is to experience the work as a synthesized whole, enabling the audience to experience the full lyrical statement.

Mixed media, including, roofing tar, wall paper, gold Astor turf, flocked chair, etc. 9' x 15'.

Room installation for Invitational exhibition, "Ain't it Funky", Abrons Art Center, 1998.

Detail: Pedestal

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The Bundle

Studio Installation

16' x 28' 2nd step in process piece.