WOODLANDÂ DIETIES
After hours on the trail, you come across something strange. Your eyes detect it before your brain understands it. Among the organic, the sprawl, the mess: something man-made. Outside the confines of a typical gallery, WOODLAND DEITIES captures the sometimes arresting, sometimes terrifying feeling of encountering a designed object in an otherwise natural space. Nestled in the hills of the Stanislaus National Forest, these jagged pieces invite unsuspecting viewers to ask: is this a testament to something beyond? Or a threat from someone close by?
Diety, 2024
Aromatic Cedar
36 in x 9 in x 9 in
Alterations and offerings have been made by visitors to the wilderness. The "third eye" in the forehead was filled in by a passerby with a black stone. Coins, crystals, shells, and unique stones have been left on this Diety's offering plate at its feet.
Diety, 2024
Sugar Pine
45 in x 18 in x 4 in
Sign, 2024
Sugar Pine
58 in x 22 in x 2 in
Diety, 2024
Sugar Pine and flame
43 in x 18 in x 3 in
Diety, 2024
Cedar
60 in x 8 in x 4 in
Diety, 2024
Sugar Pine
68 in x 13 in x 3 in
Sign, 2024
Sugar Pine
80 in x 18 in x 3 in
Totem, 2022
Cedar
98 in x 6 in x 6 in
Totem, 2021
70 in x 7 in x 7 in
Cedar
Sign, 2024
80 in x 18 in x 3 in
Sugar Pine
Sign, 2022
Cedar and rope
80 in x 12 in x 4 in
Totem, 2021
Cedar
124 in x 8 in x 8 in
Totem, 2021
Cedar
48 in x 6 in x 6 in
Diety, 2022
Ponderosa Pine
18 in x 5 in x 5 in
Viewers of the exhibit have decorated the area surrounding the above sculpture with symbols made of pine cones.
They can be read as follows:
Peace Symbol, SD, Peace Symbol, The Sculpture, Heart Symbol
