Art in Nature 2011

Evolution - Peter Dellert Sculpture Info: Materials: metal rods, and circles Dimensions: 16' x 36" x 36"

Balance Stick - Brian Leff

Sculpture Info:

Materials: Wood, rock, forged steel and 1/4 inch steel rod

Dimensions: 5' x 9" x 25'

A student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Brian Leff is interested in mixed-media sculpture, ceramics and photography. His piece, Balance Stick, involves the precise center of gravity of a specific rock bound to a specific stick.

Blue Eyes, Ha Ha - Jim Sheehan

Sculpture Info:

Materials: granite, loam, wood, metal

Dimensions: 8' in diameter

Double Negative - Thomas Kellner

Graduate of the College of Holy Cross and University of Massachusetts Amherst, Thomas Kellner currently teaches art classes at Anna Maria College and at the Worcester Art Museum. With his work, Kellner asks the viewer to keep in mind that "perception shapes the image: what we seek is often what we find." (from the artist's statement)

Dryad Grove - Alicia Dwyer

Graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY, Alicia Dwyer had displayed her work in solo and group exhibitions since the 1980s. Her piece, Dryad Grove, is composed of metal bands with eyes painted on them, which are wrapped around tree trunks. In Greek mythology, Dryads were spirits who lived peacefully in the forests. Each Dryad had a particular tree over which she protected and her life was intertwined with that of the tree. In my installation, "Dryad Grove", eyes were painted on metal flashing that was wrapped around the tree and attached to it at varying heights. The result is a grove of twenty Dryads that are ever watchful from their arbor dwelling.

Falling - Margot Stage

A graduate from Trinity College and a member of the advisory board for Wild Apples Journal, Margot Stage has displayed her work in juried exhibitions since 2000. Her piece Falling, was derived from the pruning of a massive pussy-willow tree in her backyard.

FarmShip - Bayne Peterson

A graduate of Vassar College, Bayne Peterson has worked as an artist's assistant for Joseph Wheelwright, whose sculptures have been featured at Fruitlands in the past. His piece, Farm Ship, brings land and sea transportation into conversation.

Luna's Disc - Chris Curtis

Sculpture Info:

Materials: Granite, bronze, Basalt

Dimensions: 8' x 4'

Inspired by Chinese jade discs, this form evokes symbols of the creation of life.

Plains Pilgrim - Murry Dewart

Sculpture Info:

Materials: granite, bronze

Dimensions: 5' tall

Pod Veils - Margo Stage Sculpture Info: Materials: Black locust pods, fishing line Dimensions: 12' Locally collected pods hang forming curtains that rustle in the wind combining both visual and auditory sensations as art responds with nature.

PoeTree: Recognitions - Mark Schafer

A graduate of Wesleyan University and Boston University, Mark Schafer has created an interactive piece in which each word of a poem by W.S. Merwin's (excluding repetition) is reproduced on one side of a copper leaf. There are 41 leaves in all (82 words) that will be suspended from the mulberry tree in front of the Fruitlands Farmhouse, so that viewers may experience the poem in many different ways.

Polination - Michele Augeri

A graduate of Oberlin College and Massachusetts College of Art, Michele Augeri has been displaying her work in exhibitions since 2000. Her piece, Polination, is intended to attract bees, whose motion may become a part of the piece itself.

Scrolls - Theresa Antonellis

Sculpture Info:

Materials: Steel

Dimensions: 56" x 120" x 38"

Graduate of Mount Holyoke College and currently attending University of Massachusetts Amherst, Theresa Antonellis has had both curatorial and educator experience in visual arts settings. Her piece, Scrolls, was created in context of its placement at the Williston Library at Mount Holyoke College.

Shadow Dancers - Eric Lintala

A graduate of Kent State University, Eric Lintala is currently a sculpture professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. His piece, Shadow Dancers, is meant to be experienced in a multi-faceted way: through touch, sight, observation and the unexpected interaction with light and sound.

The Scrumble - Matt Johnson

Materials: Forged and fabricated reclaimed steel

Dimensions: 128" x 44" x 47"

Born in Los Angeles and a graduate of University of Houston and Pratt Institute, Matt Johnson came to begin working in New England after hacing studios in Manhatten, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City. His piece, The Scrumble, represents his interest in abstraction as it applies to nature.

The Wave - Andy Moerlein

A graduate of Dartmouth College and Cornell University, Andy Moerlein has been displaying his work at exhibitions since the 1970s. His piece, The Wave, shows how an "inert mass can become bouyant, effervescent, preposterous."

Winter Totem 3 - Gage Prentiss

A graduate of Boston University, Gage Prentiss has been entering his work into exhibitions since the mid 1990s. His piece, Winter Totem 3, explores themes of duality that fight against one another in order to attain balance.

Woman with Folded Arms - Carolyn Wirth

A graduate of Smith College and New York University, Carolyn Wirth has had her public sculpture reviewed in the Boston Globe and Boston Herald. Her piece, Woman with Folded Arms, is indicative of her documentation of the self in her art. All casting is done by the artist herself.