The Path I Once Walked
Size: Approx. 4’ x 12’
Medium: Stones, Sticks
Artist Statement: I pass by this
small hidden pathway every time I go to the St. Augustine Parking Garage and
loved how the geometric squares curve off into the unknown. I thought this
would be a nice and settle area to do my first ephemeral landscape and I could use
the stones and stick around me to create marks within the landscape. Stone
paths like these are meant to be walk on, so the idea was to leave footprints
behind to show someone has already be here and left their mark. I used my own
feet to outline the footprint and then filled it in to make it much more bold,
it wasn’t so bold and obvious footprint when it was just an outline. The
sticks in between the large square stones were meant as a guide your eyes from
one square to the next.
A Tree's Self Portrait
Size: Approx.. 5’ x 13’
Medium: Leaves
Artist Statement: After walking
around trying to find a big enough space to do this assignment, I came across
this dirt parking lot that was practically empty (because the parking spaces required
a special permit in order to park there). When looking around for inspirations on what I
should do, my eyes landed on a tree and the leaves falling from it. I thought
it would be a fun idea to have a tree to create its own self-portrait using its
own leaves to create the shape on the ground. A couple of the leaves had a
little bit of a lighter color then the majority of the other leaves, I used
that to create a little bit of value within the shape of the tree. A lot of
manual work went into this, considering I didn’t have a rake with me and to
only use my hands, but in the end I’m pretty happy on what I accomplished.
