The Stonewave has been dismantled for a while and some new sculptures are in the works, but I am going to sidetrack to another project that I am working on. While spending so much time down at the beach working with the stone I became much more aware of the cycles of weather and the changing landscape of the beach and all kinds of little natural events that I was able to witness just because I was present. These experiences moved me to record some of them in small scale watercolors. As long as I have known of Japanese blockprints I have been blown away by them and great works like the 100 Famous Views of Edo served as a kind of challenge. Could I do 100 images of the beach? So stealing what was necessary from Hiroshige and Hokusai and others I began to think in terms of 100 Views of the Lake. This inspiration from the blockprint artists was combined with the Thoreau-esque idea of traveling "a good deal in Concord", except in this case, its traveling extensively on my beach or at the peninsula. So here are a few examples of the 100 Views...
Spring on the beach may be the most challenging as weather is haphazard and the light can never be counted on for long, but one morning there were some great blues as the sun rose.
So here are four of the 52 that I have completed so far. They are slated to be exhibited in Wilmington, Delaware in October and here in Erie in the Spring. 48 to go. It has been interesting so far.
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I was saddened to see you had to dismantle the Stonewave - it had a certain "pull" to it. I have not lived in Erie since I was a small child but used to visit my Dad each summer and spent a lot of time on the beach where you built the Stonewave. (I used to find a lot of glass that had been polished by years spent in the lake) I was pleasantly surprised when I visited Erie for a family reunion at the end of July this year and found your artwork at the bottom of the wooden stairs I used to descend as a girl to spend summer days on the beach. I had not seen anything like it before and my husband and son thought it great as well. Believe it or not, it had the same "pull" on both of my brothers that very same day. Both of them went to the same spot on the beach immediately upon arriving in Erie - separately. I don't think any of us used to go to that beach together as kids - but we all knew about it and for some reason were all pulled down there upon arriving back in town! Before leaving the next week - we brought many family members to the beach to view your artwork - we were just as surprised to see the article in the Erie Times the following Monday. I hope to be able to see more of this kind of artwork - the temporary nature of it probably made it that much more incredible! Jenny (Deck) Terrana -St. Pete, Florida
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