Collaborative Concepts at Saunders Farm 2007

John Allen

2007-08-16T00:21:00.001-07:00

John Allen is a little known, essentially not-for profit, artist
who lives nearby and makes a living doing something else.

http://www.vanbruntgallery.com/allen.html

Justin Allen

2007-08-16T00:20:00.007-07:00

A SPIDER’S WEB
between two trees
rope, zip ties, galvanized staples, spring
2007

idea process execute

bigjworks@gmail.com
bigjworks.com coming soon...

Emil Alzamora

2007-08-16T00:20:00.005-07:00

PABULUM
life size
gypsum, pigment, epoxy
2007

The human form is a constant within my work. i am interested
in exploring what it means to inhabit one, often exaggerating
or distorting different aspects of the form to reveal an emotional
or physical situation, or to tell a story about a predicament
or an occurrence. limitation and potential are as human as the
flesh, yet hardly as tangible. In my works i strive to make visible
this interaction.

www.emilalzamora.com

A. Eric Arctander

2007-08-16T00:20:00.003-07:00

NO DIRECTION
An undetermined number of standard directional road signs on loan from the Putnam Valley Deptment of Highways, Earl Smith, Superintendent.
2007

My site specific art is the demarking of the specialness of place. This art, located in public and private environments, demark historic, contemporary, mythic or natural aspects of location.

Sandy's farm is an enchanting landscape. Each visit over the years has been like falling through the rabbit hole or flying to a never land~ places that defy demarcation. To reveal that quality, to orient by disorientation, No Direction presents the incongruity of common road signs, arrows, detour and one way (!), sited almost at random in a place of infinite possibilities. Metaphor moving.

A. Eric Arctander
aerica@optonline.net

Michael Asbill

2007-08-16T00:20:00.001-07:00

CISTERN TRUMPETS
CISTERN FUNNELS
Site Specific 30' x 60' x 5'
Existing Cistern, MP3 Player, Speakers,
Battery, Wood, Fiberglass, Chicken Wire
2007

Michael Asbill is a mixed-media artist who has created works with everything from video footage to bullet holes. Michael received his MFA from the University of California, San Diego. In 2000, he moved to the Hudson Valley and began to specialize in creating large-scale public artworks. Michael has exhibited nationally and has received numerous grants. He is an exhibiting member of G.A.S. in Poughkeepsie and is a founding member and resident of CPI, an intentional community devoted to sustainable living and the artsin Accord, NY.

Michael Asbill
michaelasbill@yahoo.com

Nancy Bauch

2007-08-16T00:19:00.010-07:00

STREAM
3’x 30’
13 boulders, deep sea monofilament, light

“There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to see. While you hold it you can’t get lost. Tragedies happen; people get hurt or die; and you suffer and get old. Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding. You don’t ever let go of the thread.”

~ by William Stafford, from The Way It Is, New & Selected Poems. ~

nancybauch@optonline.net
914.419.1566
www.whiteforestpottery.com

Curt Belshe & Lise Prown

2007-08-16T00:19:00.009-07:00

SWARM concerning the locust
Silkscreen and Offset printing on Paper Tags
2007

This installation consists of nearly 600 paper tie tags printed with images of grasshoppers, locust and cicadas. These are paired with words that relate to these ubiquitous insects. The tags are used to create a visual swarm on tree branches, fences etc. These words and images reveal, in their complexity and contradiction, a web of meaning that informs our relationship with this common insect. Topics of agriculture, environment, history and more are referenced in this installation.

“Grasshoppers play an important role in North American grassland ecosystems, serving as food for wildlife and contributing to nutrient cycling. However, periodic grasshopper outbreaks on rangeland can result in competition with other herbivores for vegetation and lead to grasshopper dispersal into crops. Of the 400 species of grasshoppers in the Western United States, fewer than 2 dozen are capable of causing significant economic damage to crops and forage.

Liseprown.com
Curtbelshe.com
http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/NPARL/index.htm

Liz Surbeck Biddle

2007-08-16T00:19:00.007-07:00

LIFE SAVERS
Plaster, paint, wax
9" diameter 1.5" thick
2007

As the warming of the planet seems to be accelerating more and more, forests and jungles are cut down for fuel purposes. Our green trees are so important for the air we breathe. Trees not only give off the oxygen we need to breathe but also absorb the carbon dioxide humans give off. They are our life savers, a simple and sweet symbol of these important parts of our lives.

Liz Biddle
914.271.4666
breadbox@bestweb.net

www.lizbiddle.com

Michael Biddle

2007-08-16T00:19:00.005-07:00

CONE HOUSE
Wood, expanded foam, wax, color
14 x 9 x 9
2007

I somehow got interested in cones. They are such elegant austere geometrical shapes, egg like in their purity. They make an interesting canvas on which to apply designs and I tried out several ideas. I wondered how I could introduce them into the wild and ended up creating a little shelter for the tiny decorated cones, hidden, somewhat secretive. It turned out that this became an homage to Joseph Cornell, the inspiring master of assemblage.

Michael Biddle
914.271.4666
breadbox@bestweb.net

Scott Boyd

2007-08-16T00:19:00.003-07:00

PORTRAIT OF A BARN
5' x 5' x 3.8' times 3
Wood
8/25/07

For this sculpture, I used the farm's existing barn as a waypoint in form, proportion, history and spatial reference to explore ways of relating art to architecture.

Scott Boyd
Arques@aol.com

Jo-Ann Brody

2007-08-16T00:19:00.001-07:00

SIX WOMEN SIGNALING
60 to 70 inches tall
colored cement
2006, 2007

Groupings of women move, signal and converse as they occupy the hillside. The women—strong and rooted–are minimal and austere, linear and sensual. They suggest forests, fertility figures, the cycle of life, generations and families, women warriors and refugees.

The figures are created directly in cement in layers over steel pipe. The surface remains rough and variegated. Though created individually, they relate to one another. One figure’s gesture reinforces the next; negative space and rhythmic line imply dance and dialog. Together they create the dance of life.

jbrody@tco.com
914.737.1646

jo-annbrody.com

Richard Bruce

2007-08-16T00:18:00.007-07:00

Robert Brush

2007-08-16T00:18:00.005-07:00

FOUR LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS
#1(13".5x17"),#2(21".75x19".75),#3(8"x14"),#4(9".25x7".25)
earth, water,air
2007

ROBERT BRUSH, Producer. Of nothing. Depicting nothing, imbued with expectation. In my background of theater, performance, and set design, I deconstructed known elements of plays and created altered versions of anticipated events. This conceptual approach continues in my current installation work as I focus on the familiar, the repetitive, and question its inherent security and authority. I overlay my work with an inquiry about adolescence, especially as an “American” idiom that extends to the environment. It is informed with the contradictions of limitlessness and restriction, freedom and unease, communality and competition, beauty and impending decay. I rely on the viewer to participate in the creation and development of the work, and grapple with the question: “what is this?”

22 High Street
Beacon, NY 12508
845.661.9261
brush58@optonline.net

Dina Bursztyn & Julie Chase

2007-08-16T00:18:00.003-07:00

CHANNEL KACHINA
found objects
93" x 42"x 21"
summer 2007

This is a collaboration and somehow a fusion of elements from both of our works. Julie makes assemblages and cabinets of wonder with found objects, Dina makes large iconic sculptures, with clay and found objects. Both of us are inspired by nature and tribal cultures, and at the same time interested in making a synthesis between the old and the new; imbuing old forms with new meanings.

catskillstudio@aol.com

Open Studio Art Gallery
Open Fri., Sat. & Sun 12noon-6pm
402 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414
518.943.9531

www.potatospirit.com/openstudio-

Diana Carulli

2007-08-16T00:18:00.001-07:00

BULL’S HEAD 1

a sculpture in steel, is an evolution of my work with labyrinths. At the core of the ancient myth is a bull so irresistible that gods and rulers are set at odds bringing consequences, like the Minotaur, for the rest of us. Saunders Farm angus steer in their great fields strongly impressed me to realize this bull. The expertise of Metal Concepts clinched its creation so that now we can face the bull ourselves.

Diana Carulli
towear@verizon.net

Jodi Carlson

2007-08-16T00:17:00.006-07:00

GATE
recycled aluminum, old road signs
2007

I am a female metal sculptor who creates contemporary aluminum art and functional pieces. My assemblages are suitable for both in and outdoor exhibition.

I create large swirling scaffold forms into and around which I attach abstract shapes cut from recycled aluminum. The use of old road signs adds color and other graphic elements to my sculpture. The outdoor pieces can be illuminated at night due to their inherent phosphorescent graphics. All of these factors, along with my relationship with nature, interact to produce playful pieces reflecting urban/suburban cultural themes that draw people in.

Jodi Carlson
845.528.4341 (phone/fax)
jlcarlson@optonline.net

Ada Pilar Cruz

2007-08-16T00:17:00.005-07:00

PORTRAIT OF SAFWA, from Desasosiego series
Wood fired ceramics

The figure from the series, Disquietude, is a portrait of a young girl/woman who had been my student in 1990. I have tried to capture her as I saw/understood her to be at the age of 13: proud, curious and vulnerable. The figure should blend with the environment to give the illusion that as audience/viewer walks the grounds the figure will seem to suddenly materialize on the spot she stands. Footprints, which are hidden in the surrounding grasses are reminiscent of images of footprints of the Buddha. While they are meant to invoke or imply spirituality to the figurative work, they are not meant to be specifically religious.

adapilar@yahoo.com

David Duckworth

2007-08-16T00:17:00.003-07:00

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
Found objects, copper
Site specific, 2007

This sculpture was my first reaction to visiting the farm. The materials were found in field and trash heap. The assemblage joins the remains of nature’s products with the decay of human production. Both suggest obsolescence, yet the former was destroyed before its own natural cycle had come to a close. We can discard our own trifles, but can we continue to indiscriminately destroy nature’s growth, development, and recycling. The work is, in part, a paean to that irrational, yet ever-present beacon of light, hope. But it is also rumination on that light’s dim power and blind attitude midst a fragile world.

David Duckworth
718-784-0375
duckdiva@yahoo.com

Chris Elliot

2007-08-16T00:17:00.001-07:00

ROUND TREE ONE
I submit a sculpture of importance in the Saunder's Farm Exhibition for consideration. I'd like to thank Herrman Roggeman and Eric Arctander for it's creation. I hope all who happen upon the tree get something out of it and understand why it was included. I, personally, am happy I'd a chance to plant a tree near where I grew up. Cheers all!

Christopher Elliot
6 Fantin-Latour
38000 Grenoble, France
00 33 4 76 44 25 78
familleelliot@yahoo.fr

http://www.dailymotion.com/elliotpaints.fr

Pamela Hardenburg

2007-08-16T00:16:00.005-07:00

THE UNINVITED MARK
30+ pieces, size varies
Casting Plaster, graphite, and original cast negatives
1997- Present

Graffiti is poignant and irritating, poetic and intrusive. These epigraphic images, cast from major monuments in Britain, The Netherlands, Italy, France, Turkey and India address the existential nature of 'being' and our primal need to make marks. The collection seeks to rediscover the times, experiences and pathos of the anonymous name and provide reflection on marks and their meaning. The works are evocative souvenirs of history. Sited in the natural environment they address the majesty of nature that man continually marks.

Pam is a practicing artist, consultant, educator and examiner. She lives and works in Chiswick, London. Works may be purchased through Go North Gallery or by contacting the artist.

P.A. Hardenburg
57 Montgomery Rd,
London, GB W4 5LZ
phardenbur@hotmail.com

Ruth Hardinger

2007-08-16T00:16:00.003-07:00

CONTINUOUS DRAW
approx 14 ft x 120 ft x 3 ft
nylon rope and concrete components
Summer 2007

Draw across the breaking point
stretch to reach
reach to connect
connect to weight
weight to pull
pull to taught
One continuous line

Taught. Tension.
Draw:
the result of a duel
the aspiration for lightness

Draw the line
meet and balance
weight
wait

Ruth Hardinger
212.431.4858
oaxaca@bellatlantic.net

www.ruthhardinger.com

Sarah Haviland

2007-08-16T00:16:00.001-07:00

THE INWARD SKY
10’ x 10’ installation
mirrors, mesh, monofilament, and maple tree

For this installation, I wanted to call attention with visual means to what is beyond, within, on the other side of our experience.

“The Inward Sky” continues a series of installations and figurative sculptures that use mirrors to suggest both the surface of gleaming illusion and a greater mythic depth. While mirrors in daily life primarily reflect self-image, historical meanings evoke wisdom and knowledge, the eye of the divine, and a door to the soul’s journey.

sarahhaviland@earthlink.net
914-528-3809

www.maxwellfinearts.com

Cathrin Hoskinson

2007-08-16T00:15:00.005-07:00

IN THE SUMMER - THE SKY & THE NIGHT

These forms are based on drawings of fireflies and a flock of birds. They repeat shapes of leaves and seeds, gestures and lines of light. I think of them as poems which describe and focus a singular light on their surroundings, using a two dimensional abstraction to make the whole landscape into a painting. The other idea is to have an excuse to sit with my dog for a few days on the balmy hillside of Sandy's wonderful space, tying up bits of mirrors, and climbing huge trees.

Cathrin Hoskinson lives in NYC, and was a longtime resident of Westchester, and longtime employee at Argos foundry in Brewster. Her work has been shown at The Studio in Armonk, and at The Garrison Art Center, Howland Art Center, Schoolhouse Gallery, and Neuberger Museum. Her studio is in Accord, NY.

Gary Jacketti

2007-08-16T00:15:00.003-07:00

CURRENT BANDAG
variable
rubber retread and wood

Jacketti lives and works in Beacon, NY. This work belongs to an ongoing series of wood and rubber sculptures experimenting with the natural physical properties of the rubber and its' reaction to the subsequent attached wood. Other works include bandag runner, cube 1, cube 2, sag, and squeeze. Jacketti is a founding member of beacon artist union, a co-operative gallery in the city of Beacon.

Gary Jacketti
161 main street
beacon, ny 12508
845.440.7584

www.beaconartistunion.com

Judith Johnson

2007-08-16T00:15:00.001-07:00

SITE #24 A HERD OF TREES

A sculptor for more than 50 years, Ms. Johnson makes site specific works in collaboration with landowners. On this site last year, Sails, this year A Herd Of Trees. " Protecting our protectors; Trees cool us, clean our air, control flooding and show us beauty. Clear-cutting, burning, misusing for profit, what becomes of the Earth as trees go the way of the buffalo?"

judithjohnson4@optonline.net

Thom Joyce

2007-08-16T00:14:00.004-07:00

ODE TO LOU CHRISTIE
12 ft high
oil base paint on welded steel.

My art, born from the need I feel to create and to manipulate metal
into forms and shapes that come from my love of nature, appear at first to
be part of an insiders joke. Though my work is whimsical it still involves
the viewer to come to terms with what I believe the future may hold for us.
From my NuClear Flower series to to my larger installation of "Solitude's
Gift" I try to make one aware of our footprint on this rock we call earth.
With Ode to Lou Christie I was having fun paying homage to one of my early
heroes. My art is really about the process -- welding, bending, casting,
painting, and patinating, all done with a sly smile and a twinkle in my eye.

Thom Joyce
845.831.8636
thom452@hotmail.com

www.myspace.com/acousticvagabounds

Matt Kinney

2007-08-16T00:14:00.003-07:00

TOTEM
10 foot, buried & 12 inch diameter
Black Locust, Aluminum, Stain and threaded rod

Technology, Place, Investigation and Nature all meet in Totem. Animal tracks taken from Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY were cast in Aluminum using the Lost Wax Process. Bolted to a half round, Black Locust log, they face the setting sun at Saunder's Farm. Buried, Totem stands approximately seven feet high. It measures about twelve inches in diameter. What interested me most in the making was to be in the heart of an urban metropolis and to find clues and details of Life seemingly running counter to that of The City's.

matthew kinney
mkinneyny@gmail.com
845.926.0649

matthewsinclairkinney.blogspot.com

Drew Klotz

2007-08-16T00:14:00.001-07:00

Grace Knowlton

2007-08-16T00:13:00.005-07:00

BUILDING BLOCKS
Several pieces, up to 8' x 2'x 3' each (approx)
Iron, rusted
2005

These pieces were made from styrofoam, with student help, at Louisiana State University where I taught for a term. We staged an Iron Pour on campus, at night, which was very dramatic and exciting!

Grace Knowlton
845.359.4737
graceknowlton@earthlink.net

www.graceknowltonart.com

Kirsten Kucer

2007-08-16T00:13:00.003-07:00

BRAIDING THE HILLSIDE
99ft x 46 ft
Field Grasses
2007

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Much of my work concerns itself with uncovering and then bringing to light objects, forms and ideas that have been quieted. Samuel Beckett said, “I make a play to find out what it is about.” I have followed in his footsteps, and I have responded to this hillside in the same manner. Thoughts and feelings of slavery, field workers, searing heat and back pain, tending, nurturing, discouragement, disappointment, and handiwork passed through me as I worked hour after hour, day after day. And towards the end, the biggest feeling was a complete surprise.

kkucer@optonline.net

Kevin Laverty

2007-08-16T00:13:00.001-07:00

NEST
12' X 4'
Chrome coated steel rods, re-bar, wood, stones, lag screws, acrylic paint.
2007

My work is ostensibly inspired by landscape, although my focus is not
a representational depiction of nature. Implicit in my work is the
impact that science has had upon our perception of nature. Of equal
importance to my work is the experience of directly encountering the
natural world.

Kevin Laverty
307 East 84th Street #5RW
New York NY 10028
646.249.4164
kevinlaverty@mac.com

http://www.KevinLaverty.com

Eric Laxman

2007-08-16T00:12:00.006-07:00

STANDING WAVE
156"H X 30"W X 30"D
Steel and Stainless Steel
2007
For the Saunder's Farm Project, I was primarily interested in creating a flowing sculpture that would be visible from a distance and would relate to the rolling hills and gentle landscape. The sculpture is called "Standing Wave" and makes reference to the physical phenomenon in which a vibrating string or air column reaches a state of resonance or equilibrium. It is meant to evoke a sense of energy and movement.

eric david laxman
Garnerville Art and Industrial Center
55 W. Railroad Avenue, Bldg. #4
Garnerville, NY 10923
P 845.304.7615 F: 845.429.4454
eric@EricDavidLaxman.com

www.EricDavidLaxman.com

MAKE A SPACE FOR ART.

Jim Lloyd

2007-08-16T00:12:00.005-07:00

FERROSYNTHETIC CREATURES
spanning about a half acre
Welded steel
2007

Ferrosynthesis is the product of intelligent design and natural selection. Natural selection comes first in that Iron is the most stable of all atomic nuclei and that's why there is so much of it in the universe. Then intelligent people use this most useful material to design myriad things that are in fact beautiful, if by accident. Natural selection comes in again as they corrode and fall into my hands. My further intelligent (?) design and the application of heat enables these cast off elements to assume their destiny for as long as natural selection will allow.

jrlloyd@vinfiz.net
914.962.4157

www.ferrosynthesis.com

Keiko Miyamori

2007-08-16T00:12:00.003-07:00

KOKO to SOKO -Imagine Here and There
charcoal rubbing on Japanese hand-made 100% tree fiber paper
2007

I have been doing nature based works for many years. For this piece I have made a number of charcoal rubbings from the forest in Japan (my native country) and will wrap trees in Saunders Farm with the rubbings.

keiko miyamori
miyamorik@aol.com
215.888.3245

www.princewoods.com

Michael Natiello

2007-08-16T00:12:00.001-07:00

THE SCRATCHING POST: SAUNDER’S FARM REDOUBT
8 foot cube
wood, found objects, latex house paint,

The Scratching Post: Saunders Farm Redoubt makes reference to the Revolutionary War defensive fortifications found near Saunders Farm. The Scratching Post is also informed by Japanese Tea Rooms, Native American Hogans, Sweat Lodges, Sabbath Day Houses, pre fabricated structures and white cube galleries.

The Scratching Post houses a collection of “garbage mandalas”, the most notable of which is The Saunders Farm Mandala – This piece is site specific and created entirely from found objects discovered on the farm and from elements related to the construction of the Scratching Post.

Michael Natiello
khamaidesign@yahoo.com
845-788-3810

Michael Poast

2007-08-16T00:11:00.003-07:00

SOUND SCULPTURE
7’ x 10” x 4’6”
Painted Steel
2000
MUSE III
7’4” x 38” x 30”
Welded Steel
2007

To twist, spread, and bend the rigid steel made malleable by heat, Michael Poast sculpts a dialogue between the materials of space and steel. Poast’s cut searing edges of metal release violent emotions against a contrasting beauty of smooth linear steel I-beams. Bridged together sections and charged sweeping forms evoke expansive spatial confrontation. color adds an element of unfolding time.

Michael Poast
(718) 721 0423
poastv@stjohns.edu

Sheilah Rechtschaffer

2007-08-16T00:11:00.001-07:00

GOD ISN’T WATCHING
Mixed media and found objects
2007

For this exhibit I have chosen to wrap four trees along a rough road
as visual reminders of the devastation of loss, death and destruction.

Roadside memorials are a way of commemorating death and memory

Each tree expresses four different events of loss.

Accident is dedicated to the memory of a little girl who was killed on the road I travel each day. The others entitled War in Iraq; The Next War: Iran and Demolition of Palestinian Homes refer to continuing tragedy.

Sheilah Rechtschaffer is a landscape painter. Most of the time, she goes to beautiful places and draws or paints what’s there, exploring an inner landscape of specific place. She is also a political activist. In this work, the landscape reveals a theme of opposite thought.

Sheilah Rechtschaffer
845.424.3287
sheilahfresco10@msn.com

www.sheilahrechtschaffer.com

Herman Roggeman

2007-08-16T00:10:00.004-07:00

Cassandra Saulter

2007-08-16T00:10:00.003-07:00

Fred Schlitzer

2007-08-16T00:10:00.001-07:00

Kevin Stapp

2007-08-16T00:08:00.001-07:00

UNTITLED
manilla rope, tree in its natural setting
2007

It is quite a hike to get to this tree of trees. Archetypical in its imageness. Such raw landscape and climate reminds me of the hills above my family's home when we lived in Scotland. I won't bring anything object-like to this place.

I'll use what's here and what happens in real-time but freeze it. An increment of wind, weather and storm. This world has too many objects.

sans@nycmail.com

Alex Uribe

2007-08-16T00:07:00.002-07:00

RHYTHM STICKS

Carl Van Brunt

2007-08-16T00:07:00.001-07:00

MUSE
24 x 66
Steel
2007

This is my first sculpture in many years and is directly related to the my recent digital paintings. The figure is derived from a software program called "Poser," which I have used extensively to create characters for my wall work. Ironically, in my paintings the figures are "dimensional," occupying a complex virtual space. "Muse" which occupies "real space" is completely flat.

I could offer some thoughts on the meaning of this work, but the ideas that occur to you as viewer are the most interesting ones to me. If you would like to engage in a little dialogue about "Muse" please send me an e-mail, give me a call or drop by our gallery in Beacon.

I wish to thank Kirsten Kucer for encouraging me to create something for this show, Jan Roggerman and his staff for doing a nice job of fabricating the piece, Thomas Huber for helping with installation and Nancy Bauch for putting together this great blog.

Carl Van Brunt
carl@vanbruntgallery.com
845.838.2995

www.vanbruntgallery.com/vanbrunt.html

Max Yawney

2007-08-16T00:01:00.001-07:00

SPINNING CLOWN HEAD / BLACK FLAGS
Approximately 12 feet tall by 22 feet long
Acrylic on wood and canvas

The interest is in developing disjunctive poetic situations. This is achieved by using 2 elements and the distinctions between the elements provide the solutions. This work places a spinning clown head adjacent to large black flags. The referents in this case are clothes lines,black flags, amusement parks, signage, architectural spaces and scarecrows. The intention here is to allude to the landscape as well as the mischievous and matter of fact nature of the cows, while allowing a poetic resonance with anything else.

Max Yawney
646.258.9052
maxyawney@yahoo.com

www.maxyawney.com

William Zingaro

2007-08-15T23:58:00.000-07:00

LANDSCAPE COMBINE
12' x 6'H x 2'
aluminum, wood, polyfoam
2005, 2007

One in a series of metal landscapes depicting the topography
of the Hudson Valley.

William Zingaro
45 Fair St Cold Spring NY 10516
wzingaro@verizon.net
845.265.6127

http://home.att.net/~zin1234/index.html