#1. Specimen F #2 Head and Heart Experiment

#1. Tree root/acrylic/wax/lead/metal stand
#2. Encaustic, tree root, plant material, lead, tubing, acrylic, lab measuring stand (40.6 x 107 x 33)
Both works are part of my Uprooted Series. Being uprooted used to have as its primary reference the act of being removed, often forcefully, from one’s physical environment—the waves of refugees being a continuing and ubiquitous manifestation. Up-rootedness also has multiple, intersectional, emotional, psychological, and ecological, meanings that also call for comprehension. The profound root-level interconnectedness of all life, now that it is under threat, is deeply astonishing, remarkable, and unsettling in its implications for how we are to live.