TERRAFORM Sheldon Frantz The modern world has separated

TERRA/FORM Sheldon Frantz The modern world has separated itself from the natural world. Many seek to reconnect with the natural world through art; capturing it through artificial mediums. Yet there artists who take it a step further, and don’t seek to recreate nature, but to use it as the medium. “Outside In” showcases artists whose work not only features nature as the subject, but as the medium in which they create their work. By using natural materials such as wood, dirt, and flowers, these artists take what is viewed as mundane and overlooked and transform the way the natural world is viewed. By bringing nature in to a gallery setting, these artists present not only the work they create, but the organic origin of their craft.

Emilie Brzezinski

Emilie Brzezinski creates monument sized sculptures out of otherwise unseen, commonplace material. By sculpting large, found pieces of wood, she reinvents nature by presenting it as something worthy of awe; something worthy of a new perspective.

Brent Crothers

Brent Crothers creates sculptures with found wood to search for answers to the deeper meaning of existence. By using natural materials, Crothers hopes to connect with a more simplified version of the world and of life.

Stephanie Garmey’s work focuses on the solitude of nature. By bringing in images and natural materials such as wood, she recreates the stillness and often somber, but thriving atmosphere of the wilderness.

Pamela Rogers

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Pamela Rogers uses pigments handmade from soil and plant materials. Her sculptures bring together the ephemeral beauty of nature with a personal connection to the natural world, thus presenting it in a new form.

Marcia Wolfson Ray

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Marcia Wolfson Ray collects the materials she uses from different places, allowing the natural origin to impact her art, both in concept and in process. By using materials that decay or petrify over time, Ray’s work is directly affected by the organic nature of her chosen medium. By working with the qualities presented in the materials, Ray can reform nature into a new visual experience.