Land Art

Land art is a site-specific process using natural materials - leaves, ice, stone, sticks - to explore change, time, and decay. It is often ephemeral, created outdoors to be transformed or erased by the ever changing rhythms of nature - wind, tides, melting, decay.

I first became aware of this art form through the work of Andy Goldsworthy, a master in this field. I am endlessly inspired by his work.

Below are some of my early attempts at interacting with nature in this way. I’ve also included a couple of examples of my explorations with yarn in nature - not strictly land art, but another way of working with natural materials outdoors.

Ice shards in a shrub in a shallow pond with small green plants and bushes.
A collection of colorful fall leaves arranged on gravel, forming a leaf shape starting with green at the bottom, yellow, orange, red, and dark red at the top.
A bird's nest made of twigs and sticks with various smooth stones placed inside, situated on the ground among small green and red plants and dry soil.
willow sketch between tree trunks
A circle of eight smooth gray stones with white veins arranged on sandy ground.
Colorful woven fabric strips are hanging from a branch of an evergreen tree with frosted needles.
A large rock on the ground wrapped in a white string lattice pattern, situated in a forest with trees and rocks in the background.

Click on the images below to learn more about those projects.