Shapescapes are works that consist of mimicking ideas of sectioning and dividing the landscape or creating self contained environments/installations. I am fascinated by the absurdity of the physical creation of a political landscape and the need to create boundaries from each other by these aggressive acts of manipulation. Meanwhile, we also attempt to create utopias of nature in and outside of nature itself, in order to impose some form of control over an inner peace. It seems escape/retreat and fear for the future, in many respects, governs the shape of our living environments. It is these manifestations in the shapes of landscapes that I am interested in — what they might look like given a certain person’s disposition with themselves and their environment.

01 Landscape Box Series /// Extricated /// 2001 /// 8.5″ x 5″ x 24.25″ /// wood, foam, fiberglass, paint
02 Landscape Box Series /// One Square Unit of Space in Blue/Silver /// 2001 /// 6.25″ x 7.25″ x 7.25″    wood, foam, fiberglass, paint
03 Landscape Box Series /// Equal Parts Glow and Blur /// 2001 /// 7″ x 3.5″ x 32.5″ /// wood, foam, fiberglass, paint
04 Landscape Box Series /// Triangular Shelf Evaporating /// 2001 /// 7″ x 6″ x 9″ /// wood, fiberglass, plexiglas, paint
05 Landscape Box Series /// Shelved in Triangle /// 2001 /// 7″ x 6″ x 9″ /// wood, foam, fiberglass, paint, acrylic plastic
06-08 Cactuscape Nightlight /// 2003 /// 36″ x 26″ x 48″ /// wood, poultry wire, plaster, burlap, acrylic plastic, paint, flicker lights
09-10 Whitewashed /// 2000 /// 24″ x 24″ x 36″ /// automotive carpet, plywood, poultry wire, metal, acrylic plastic
11-12 Truncated Dispersions /// 2000 /// variable dimensions /// wood, foam, foam coat, acrylic plastic, flocking
13-14 Scaled Elements, Cactus in a Red Divide /// 2000 /// 96″ x 24″ x 36″ /// wood, foam, foam coat, acrylic plastic, automotive carpet, paint
15-16 Landscape Shelf Section /// 2000 /// 27″ x 23″ x 56″ /// wood, foam, acrylic plastic, flocking
17-18 Cactus Core Section in Blue /// 1999 /// 60″ x 8″ x 8″ /// wood, foam, resin, paint, flocking