https://www.andymoerlein.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-04-13 https://www.andymoerlein.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586863455427-LXTOBLE6D7EZ54VEYWG5/headshot Contact https://www.andymoerlein.com/work daily 1.0 2025-07-02 https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/new-portfolio-item monthly 0.5 2021-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613418127878-59A5IM90N9VM2XUWPVNB/IRS+pin+2.jpeg Work - Sijo as a Portal to Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613418225129-T5YQ34PSUTNF78ALB2BM/IRS+pin+1.jpeg Work - Sijo as a Portal to Sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613418900193-UUIFBGBT88ORJM7NRO3T/IRS+pin+3.jpeg Work - Sijo as a Portal to Sculpture Min-jeong Kim– Is a South Korean Sijo master poet. She received her PhD in Korean Literature from SunKyunKwan University. Presently she is the president of the Sijo Division of the Korean Writers association, a member of the Language Preservation Committee of the Korean PEN, a Director of the Korean Association of Sijo Poets, the Vice President of the of Kangdong Writers Association, an advisor of the Korean Female Writers Society and the Marae Sijo Poets Association, and she is member of the Wansoek Viewing Stone Society and the Soekgiwon Viewing Stone Society. She has published over ten books of Sijo Poems and a series of essays on the topic of Korean poetry. Her writings have won international acclaim and received numerous awards such as the Kim Gi-rim Literary Award, the Sijosihak Award, the Writer Award of the Korean Writers Association, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613420010556-LGP60LAPJK6WOANUK1HQ/KCsBword_tiny.png Work - Sijo as a Portal to Sculpture https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/wood-stone-poem-may-2021 monthly 0.5 2024-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613408137930-T9UEXBFNPLQZHWU1LSIE/IMG_8261+2.JPG Work - wood stone poem Lunge, 2021. 17”h x 5” x 13”. Scorched red oak, sandblasted and dyed laminated plywood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613415268860-DBYT5ELBEAPN9OS6MV8O/IMG_6722.JPG Work - wood stone poem Pale Wave, 2020. 17”h x 5” x 13”. Beechwood on scorched red oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613414226748-VK8JQNKNRCU5SGEA576O/IMG_8245+2.JPG Work - wood stone poem Object, 2021. 20”h x 10” x 13”. Spalted pearwood, black walnut, maple limbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613414526055-5MSC5M6QR7N2BN60CMK5/IMG_6293.JPG Work - wood stone poem Unexpected, 2021. 16”h x 6” x 12”. Red oak and flamed paint, scorched red oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613414605766-WILKSI5P87OK474XLPKI/IMG_5753.JPG Work - wood stone poem Gust, 2021. 13”h x 12” x 20”. Dyed laminated plywood on beechwood limb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613414856318-AZLBKFYDS9ITM3QO010A/IMG_6284.JPG Work - wood stone poem Passage, 2021. 9”h x 3” x 7”. Dyed elmwood on scorched red oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622315208205-1J9U47MH7QPADICYV436/primordial.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Primordial, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622313904793-ETNQO2IAW1LHR60T1QVO/Sentinal.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Sentinel. 2021. 84”h x 17” x 32”. Mixed media on locust stump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622312681102-KNP1HFLWCBJ4J23EJNAW/Complex+%28standing+pose%29.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Complex 2021. 29”h x 11” x 26” (standing pose) Locust on red oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622314897744-WYT9ZAEX20YXHQA5PDQ3/Lean.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Lean, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor collage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622320458492-05FZX43VFD3KZUM3G7HH/Picture1.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out 「돌꽃, 진달래」 풍도, 8×13×6cm 돌꽃, 진달래 사월이 아니라도 꽃내음이 가득하다 한 아름 꽃술 아래 흐르는 별무더기 청록빛 줄기 사이로 지지 않는 봄 얼굴 Stone Blossoms, Azalea Though it is not April yet, the air is laden with their scent. A cluster of stars glitter under an armful of stamens. The spring face still looks young and fresh, between bluish green stems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622314971675-F0BV90DH6KE5DDHDXXX5/Islands.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Islands, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622315087869-KJTUVRGVRS2KV5DQSB4U/Buoyant.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Buoyant, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622146062155-I3N3T60AP5KJJ5AJP5TX/Complex+%28horizontal%29.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Complex 2021. 23”h x 11” x 26” (supine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622316304207-552SW4LONOAZGZCSJSHE/IMG_8917.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Michael Levin, Expert Bonsai Designer Bonsai Tree loaned by Bonsai West Littleton MA This Bonsai is an old Ficus Retusa imported originally from Taiwan. Taiwan is famous for their old refined Ficus bonsai and trees of this size are now impossible to import. It is a triple trunk (clump style), the side branches were perfectly grafted decades ago. This tree was originally started from a cutting in the 1960's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622314135536-KGN052BWGR8K8IDWE4EF/ElegyForTheEarth.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Elegy for the Earth. Will the trees forgive us? Will the stones care? 2021. 6’h x 6’ x 7’. Mixed Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622319503871-940I0BB6E34GKCZR7GLC/WTien_Trance_2021.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Wen-hao Tien Trance — to the soul of blue shirt, Mixed media on paper, 29”x24” “Working from home during the pandemic, I was troubled by the blurry line between home-life and work-life. Piles of dirty laundry and fabric remnants left from face-mask-making intruded my studio. Making peace with the situation, I began to find them fascinating. They helped me accept a “new messy world within a messy old world", and reminded me of the Chinese Scholar Rock tradition for its rationale and creative expression. Trance is inspired by my muse who only wears blue.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622312952514-8PI11W5J4W6YFWDJ84DP/IMG_8829.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out A Boat for the Immortals 2021. 22”h x 12” x 14”. Locust – scorched and plain – on a plywood base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622312461809-GJJ85XBK94DHQJN7VOU5/Lapis++2.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Lapis 2021. 36”h x 10” x 12”. Paper coated expanded polystyrene on plywood base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622313813883-58769IGFJBOC6DQ7FHF3/DistillingEssenceOfStone.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Distilling the Essence of Stone. 2021. 10’h x 7’ x 14’. Mixed media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622314736932-CKX1XY230I04JSHAWO7B/Weighted.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Weighted, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622313734235-2Y51VDWFPT48M7FR544J/SeekingVein_FindingHeart.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Seeking Vein – Finding Heart 2021. 80”h x 29” x 26”. Spalted rock maple on plywood base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622314510906-QBR6HIX9HUUGBRLFGUFT/Entangle.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Entangle, 2021. 9” x 11”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622315144707-ZYDJ6CQ7U9UVEJ9LXFNH/Flow.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Flow, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622315038038-DUW1XAPNYBE9VXQMFZRM/Float.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Float, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622315283022-K4H0VLE1JAXLA12JOE1A/Fantastic.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Fantastic, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622313962322-JG4GJ69T1PWQYAI0HO89/Sentinal+with+perfs.JPG Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Sentinel (w/perforations). 2021. 84”h x 17” x 32”. Mixed media on cherry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622316097074-PMAL9T8DU4RVSVUGEEWV/JooLeeKang-Bonsai+%236-1.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622313061755-IDI17I8NW9QH5HJB9VBL/water+stone.jpeg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Water Stone, 2021. 22” x 32”. Pastel, paint, ink on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622314675175-NHQFFALKBRQ65DF1Y9RZ/Contortion.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Contortion, 2021. 9” x 12”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622313156285-8UH7Z87U1DRSX8SSWWQ0/earth+stone.jpeg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Earth Stone, 2021. 22” x 32”. Pastel, paint, ink on paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622314843876-W0KD0Y1E15XQELGPY59M/Unweighted.jpg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Unweighted, 2021. 10” x 11”. Ink and watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1622316037545-XYEIY8LYIN0FXKHFZK87/Mary%27s+Painting.jpeg Work - wood stone poem - Make it stand out Mary Graham Stone Waves 2021. 24" x 36”, oil on linen mounted on panel. “I paint the seethe and stillness of wild, unhuman life, the incessant transformation of what ancient Ch’an poets called “the ten thousand things.” And in that regard my work honors presence and absence at once, as a sort of double-fidelity. A painting comes into being as an unfolding from within, and is both anchored and sustained by an emotional connection to a sense of space from which images emerge. Plainly manifest in this painting is the bit of ledge buttressed by krummholz spruce, but equally “there” are mighty mountains shrouded by mist and cloud. “ https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/scheming monthly 0.5 2025-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1613406980491-BM3MWHDBYLVXBP8FXNTT/IMG_8268+2.JPG Work - Recent Shows & Projects Pale Wave, 2020, beech and scorched oak 18”h x 15 x 6” "Interpreting the Natural: Contemporary Visions of Scholars Rocks" opened on Oct 21st 2021 at the Korean Cultural Center in NYC http://www.koreanculture.org/gallery-korea/2020/10/21/interpreting-the-natural-contemporary-visions-of-scholars-rocks and was on view through Nov 30th. With the resurgence of fascination about these rocks (thanks to the film Parasite) and the timeliness of how we think about the human relationship with nature, the KCC is very excited to be able to host this show and its accompanying online conversation series. I am speaking: "Portals: Collecting and Interpreting Evocative Rocks" Thursday October 29th @ 5p with Dr. Thomas Elias, Founder of the Viewing Stone Association of North America, who will lend one of his Korean viewing stones to the show, Dr. Virginia Moon, Associate Curator of Korean Art at LACMA and two artists in the show: Andy Moerlein and Elisa Pritzker. This talk will focus on the art of stone collecting, both as an historic tradition and as a contemporary practice. Why contemporary artists have translated this aesthetic into new art forms and how each individual rock speaks about a larger landscape will be addressed in this talk. See the entire series and join the zoom conversations here: http://www.koreanculture.org/gallery-korea/2020/10/21/interpreting-the-natural-contemporary-visions-of-scholars-rocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586483406039-LYJ4ZKG02M0B8OF7IYMB/99A32BF1-6299-439C-8E09-B5BCE6C657D8.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects Adolescence 2019 wood, ceramic, feathers. 13 x 6 x 13” Marked Differences. Evident paternity. Deeply conflicted affections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586723700337-NVA9C57SBZ9SIR9LVART/CE17EB54-8882-4269-AC01-4AF7D17560E9.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects The second window at Clark Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586723913067-Z3X9TLTJ95SXFQZPC7T1/7014A4D9-9902-43F4-A4AA-5F8D958C0DC6.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects Sumo 2016 red oak 32”h x 7 x 19 Solid. Rugged. Sudden and explosive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586483351354-T4D6N98FS5SO2QGZ2DFZ/CFE3B62C-409C-45AB-953B-2B7DD3900DA5.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586723443716-28WBP9PEXYXTGN86ZVOE/A5A2A268-7D8D-4661-BD39-2F8C8EC1FC2A.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects Settled 2019 wood, ceramic, 10 x 5 x 15” Secure in a place that suits them both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586724466504-RSGR53RIN592AUIDTBD6/248C8082-8ACE-42CF-97D7-ADF2E58EAEB6.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects Siblings 2016 wood 23”h x 9” x 16” Side by side like a single thought, but separate and very different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586724024358-3IY8P487O3JRWP74IU04/FAD3CE74-2E56-4203-89D1-FD1A23B2BC7F.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects Canyon 2016 ceramic 9”h x 6 x 9 Some geology is defined by color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586724358885-G2B8OQOBCKU0XGRRIFM8/0C54D8D8-ABDD-46A1-9203-8F1F9A37148E.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects Aluvial 2016 ceramic, plywood 9”h x 8 x 12 Layered and worn, spilling out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586723570381-MX64A7DEMM2Y2QQ5ITXQ/9A805DCB-310F-4A67-90C5-FE03B0188700.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects Lookouts wood, ceramic, Engaged but patient, a pair who actively observe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586723201041-ZG418YVMY5HWP4QIDWIX/EA1F66CC-CFC7-489D-965D-3048F659CFF9.jpeg Work - Recent Shows & Projects Compliments wood, ceramic A complex identity. A pair of differences. A singular whole. https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/lobby-art monthly 0.5 2020-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586739586828-EUJJKFED2V4C241ZPAP2/21+Joan+Unconformity.jpg Work - Lobby Art Unconformity 2016 red oak, plywood 9’ 8”h x 30” x 44” Unconformities represent gaps in the geologic record. When I carved this ancient oak I confronted a deep timeline and rearranged the tree into a new life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586739703107-NVP60E0702VAKQQ3YD5C/Longing+for+Mountains.jpg Work - Lobby Art Longing for Mountains, paint on fabric over foam, 168”hx96”wx48”d Imposing and present. Vivid and bright. Like my yearning for peaks above me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586739544082-JJ9D0Q4ZDKJZQ9209LDC/21%2BJoan%2BAkimbo.jpg Work - Lobby Art Akimbo 2016 red oak, plywood 9’ 10”h x 3’ x 3’ Jaunty. Well balanced with a twist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586740061936-RD3H7HXVV0RX8JPH2S4F/Storm+_+7+ft+h%2C+fiberglass%2C+paint+repurposed+rosewood+base.jpg Work - Lobby Art Storm, paint media over foam on a 19th century repurposed carved rosewood base, 97”hx33”wx37”d https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586739950473-K87LFBI67QL79R66L1UE/Downpour+_+7+ft+h%2C+fiberglass%2C+paint+repurposed+rosewood+base+3.jpg Work - Lobby Art Downpour, paint media over foam on a 19th century repurposed carved rosewood base, 79”hx 23”dx31”w https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/cusco-peru-sculpture-residency monthly 0.5 2020-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586731418142-IOQFDYW9MK06NOYLZM71/Cusco+finishe+drawing.JPG Work - Cusco Peru Sculpture Residency My finished drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586730697056-P4FBSPRM1JWWG5FS7SA5/Cusco%2Bworking.jpg Work - Cusco Peru Sculpture Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586731593315-YBQDTDJLN8M1WK4FVI2D/Cusco%2Bdone.jpg Work - Cusco Peru Sculpture Residency Spirit of the Forest Really fun daily blog posts here: http://andymoerlein.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_20.html https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586730809710-A05LGZRO607LQEZCTAZJ/Cusco+residency.jpg Work - Cusco Peru Sculpture Residency In February 2014 members of the Boston Sculptors Gallery together with a group of Peruvian artists presented Visions/Visiónes, in Cusco, Peru, in the Qorikancha Museum, Santo Domingo Convent. This Peruvian Convent and Museum are built on the foundation of one of the most important Inca temple sites near Machu Picchu. To make work for the exhibit, I spent four weeks in residence at the ESCUELA DE BELLAS ARTES, the art school in Cusco. I was invited to occupy a large studio to carve Peruvian wood for the show. One of my drawings was also selected for an exhibition at a nearby collectors home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586731487887-RH2U5KRNRN3A4IAJW2VO/Cusco+detail.jpg Work - Cusco Peru Sculpture Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586730772418-NLT1KNHE3XEFG94W75HC/Cusco+before+paint.jpg Work - Cusco Peru Sculpture Residency https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/uprooted monthly 0.5 2025-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/d689d1a6-c286-4a10-b769-397d7219c9eb/1.+UPROOTED+++3D+Foundation+Verbier+Switzerland%2C+steel+armature%2C+cement+18%27+x+10%27+x+11%27h++2.jpeg Work - Verbier 3-D International Residency Switzerland - Make it stand out 1. UPROOTED 3D Foundation Verbier Switzerland, steel armature, cement 18' x 10' x 11'h https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/2866f604-3e1e-4096-a13d-5545564ba146/IMG_3861.jpg Work - Verbier 3-D International Residency Switzerland - Make it stand out UPENDED (a ghost print) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/3eed01e1-b3e6-4105-9ac9-19469716efcb/2.+UPROOTED++3D+Foundation+Verbier+Switzerland+steel+armature%2C+cement+18%27+x+10%27+x+11%27h.jpeg Work - Verbier 3-D International Residency Switzerland - Make it stand out 2. UPROOTED 3D Foundation Verbier Switzerland steel armature, cement 18' x 10' x 11'h https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/a0628b24-f637-44f8-90c0-2cf5361498a1/IMG_3853.jpg Work - Verbier 3-D International Residency Switzerland - Make it stand out UPENDED (a ghost print) - detail https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/publicart monthly 0.5 2020-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586308888392-7GS188Y1SPLNCSPI3X5K/Impossible+Drawing.JPG Work - Public Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586308992565-3F4EDQAMYYBVYOVOD2OO/Impossible+Convergence.JPG Work - Public Art Impossible as part of Convergence, a Boston Sculptors Gallery exhibit. Christian Science Plaza, Boston , MA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586308260420-28ACODY2ZDQYOW634296/Impossible.JPG Work - Public Art https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/proposal monthly 0.5 2020-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586729079423-43ZYE4NDCHQL6MMIZ258/IMG_7451.JPG Work - Prints and Drawings White Raven II 2013 monoprint (yellow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586729315372-PXCC8BVDE7JM8H1O1PTI/Impossible+Drawing.JPG Work - Prints and Drawings IMPOSSIBLE colored pencil, ink Rendering for Christian Science Plaza Installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586728940793-XMBDH3U1FIQSIN57G5ZA/IMG_6903.jpg Work - Prints and Drawings Proposal 2013 monoprint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586729206314-GLQNUU5R1A5H28SNQXIR/IMG_7164.jpg Work - Prints and Drawings Raven $150 2013 embossing (black paper) https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/perfectpitch monthly 0.5 2020-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586309802472-NJWD2UUTZLUQKEFK2MSF/Perfect+Pitch.jpg Work - The Lyricism of Birds Perfect Pitch (Marriage) 2018 wood ceramic 15 h x 8 x 24” A duet that hovers on the delicate edge of harmony. A balance that is robust yet quavering. A melody that needs devoted attention to stay tuned. https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/duet monthly 0.5 2020-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586728407806-IH2GO01DYWR9YU5BCIU6/IMG_7388.jpg Work - Identifying Birds and Relatioships Adventure 2013. wood, ceramic Taking risks. Teetering but solid. Together for the migration. The long haul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586728644494-2DFWIY51OCLJCOP6BBH7/Same+Difference.jpg Work - Identifying Birds and Relatioships Same Difference 2013. wood, ceramic, shaped feathers Quite a pair. Two of a kind. A matched set. Twins separated at birth. Soul mates. Shaping the world about them. Well suited. https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/misunderstandinggeology2016 monthly 0.5 2020-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036330977-CAM4T2IEGKAJ359C4Z2T/9+Joan+Pedernal.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Pedernal 2016 wood 51” x 7" x 24" A tribute to Georgia O’Keeffe’s iconic Pedernal. A love so authentic, we can feel it. A place that stirs the soul and refreshes the landscape with each sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588035831014-VERVLVIZQXJB7UDV1XJV/8+Joan+Siblings.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Siblings 2016 wood 23” x 9” x 16" Side by side like a single thought, but separate and very different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036792656-WCBS88YT48OJM7G1VS66/14+Joan+Ramp.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Ramp 2016 red oak, plywood 11 x 8 x 9" An icon of Chugiah Park, my childhood stomping grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588037298252-KMBOPDUOALGE5D15WSBM/19%2BJoan%2BSlot%2BCanyon.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Slot Canyon 2016 red oak, plywood 11 x 8 x 9" A shower, quiet eddy, place of still. Lurking death when gentle grades compress to a finite sliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588128469524-HNKB23UGWWYXBOMFKN4R/12+Joan+Flesh.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Flesh of the Earth 2016 ceramic 5 x 10 x 17" Rending of elemental form. A great rift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036955606-IUIZM1JEWIQE2V717190/12+Joan+Mont.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Montagne Sainte-Victoire 2016 ceramic 6 x 8 x 10” Homage to Cezanne. Three sisters and their little brother - an adored landscape. Bend, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588035940478-FWVJH1ZH0QEMVSAYPKQI/6+Joan+Isle.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036593067-S2WMPNRR2F8EEYS8GS69/15+Joan+Nugget.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Nugget 2016 ceramic, plywood 6 x 3 x 4" Earth rips pliant metal - the colors of life. A living whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588128757598-R0EKFQ4VN4LWYE7M1PQQ/18+Joan+Karsk.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Karsk 2016 ceramic 8 x 5 x 8” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586306020023-990IA7CB47SHL773I6C2/Unconformity.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Unconformity 2016 red oak, plywood 9’ 8”h x 30” x 44” Unconformities represent gaps in the geologic record. When I carved this ancient oak I confronted a deep timeline and rearranged the tree into a new life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036728770-P69LK0YG6X0OVE1GVEP0/19+Joan+Drumlin.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Drumlin 2016 ceramic, plywood 6”h x 6 x 16 $750 Forced up from within. A crust of resistance becomes plastic with time and pressure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036861757-2QM0M78VKX0ZKV95GS4Q/11+Joan+Froth.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Froth 2016 ceramic, wood 10 x 12 x 16" Wash and ebb, striking and shattering. Bubble back and reassemble. Each wave a singular event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588128404050-SQL8OCQXX3CNLPIF8XQ7/13+Joan+Aluvial.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Aluvial 2016 ceramic, plywood 9 x 8 x 12 " Layered and worn, spilling out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588035965023-RA8K8CCVX3PMKSARJALT/image-asset.jpeg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Isle 2016 ceramic, wood 57” x 16” x 21” Secure, isolated and eternal. A place of rough retreat. This work responds to the Tao concept of an Island of the Immortals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036103247-ODJKTI1SGRU0N33YB8MB/10+Joan+Pillar.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Pillar 2016 ceramic 30” x 7” x 7” Amidst the rough and wear of erosion and life – stand tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036540244-68OA9E8ST9OPQFMOVKO9/16+Joan+Canyon.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Canyon 2016 ceramic 9 x 6 x 9" Some geology is defined by color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036428324-QLDTV9FN0DX2XF161FZK/17+Joan+Twist.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Twist 2016 ceramic 6 x 3 x 4" Squeeze and turn, fold and compress. Geology confirms again the violence of gravity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588128591666-ILETONY6OS629WFR4B9K/18%2BJoan%2BGift.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Gift 2016 red oak 11 x 6 x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586305473802-BFQR7UZQ2OOCZ9G8DI3X/Akimbo.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Akimbo 2016 red oak, plywood 9’ 10”h x 3’ x 3’ Jaunty. Well balanced with a twist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588128667096-5EP4KLOGN1WWTUABRGA5/4+Joan+Mirage.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Gift 2016 red oak 11 x 6 x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588037139020-M757O5A5ZSFRR59VIEJY/17%2BJoan%2BRest.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Rest 2016 ceramic, wood 8 x 9 x 11" Stones are mobile followers of gravity. Pausing often in their journey, they are just resting. For the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1588036203333-0NIDBKAFVBI3ANHI7CYR/11+Joan+Breathe+alt.jpg Work - Misunderstanding Geology - A Study in Scholars' Rocks Breathe 2016 ceramic 8”h x 4 x 5 A meditation. Fullness and reach. An action, decision, confirmation. https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/longingformountains monthly 0.5 2020-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/31d45db0-7db9-409c-bde8-7a4e277ba3ee/Downpour+3+low+rez.jpg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Downpour, paint media over foam on a 19th century repurposed carved rosewood base, 79”hx 23”dx31”w https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/88f50f5f-9546-44a6-9769-8503f7eba4fe/IMG_8465.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Eccentric, ink, 10”hx7”w https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/49dd5167-80c0-4a67-a5fe-3f5cd2db36d8/DSC_0117.JPG Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Vestige, plywood on walnut, 14”hx6”wx18”d https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/fcdefa50-c435-47f8-a4b0-899030496f78/DSC_0159.jpg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Denali, oak on beech wood, 17”hx15”wx24”d, $1900 A singular geologic icon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/51ccb28a-3d0a-491f-bf6e-2bc72d8c3319/Ridge+low+rez.jpg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Ridge, oak on plywood on beech limbs, 32”hx18”wx16”d Island remnant ridge run. Perforated and ancient earth poem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/4fbec63a-fe0a-412e-9515-8b4d0b743715/DSC_0130.jpg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Cavern, cherry on plywood, 20”hx16”wx20”d, Shapes and spaces that draw us into unknown places, both playful and dangerous. Cold water and hard stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/f9e46594-68c6-4da7-bcce-9eaf38d4d7db/DSC_0150.jpg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Crenulation, red oak on white oak on beech branches, 88”hx37”wx”28”d A playful moment with Poppy. Following her joy and laughter deep into a family tree. Let life curl and bend around our happy lives with focused freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/9354fc6a-cc5c-4cfa-8cf0-4679db6dccc2/IMG_8458.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Exquisite Landscape, unique print, 25”hx19”w https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/7f179252-f6e9-4c5a-a875-e1477118cd82/IMG_8461+%281%29.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out . Priest, ink, watercolor pencil w/brushwork, 10h”x8”w https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/398e9e20-1e88-487d-9bf1-69be073774db/DSC_0134.jpg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Plateau, cherry on maple and Spanish cedar, 16”hx10”wx13”d A last space of solace. Eroded from beneath and all sides - but a fortress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586307615265-37JQVW2U1571FVS7V70G/Longing+for+Mountains.jpg Work - Longing for Mountains Longing for Mountains Boston Sculptors Gallery Longing for Mountains, paint on fabric over foam, 168”hx96”wx48”d https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/d5363d73-1b54-4a94-afaf-3139445274b6/DSC_0123.jpg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Roller Coaster, locust on plywood, 25”hx16”wx16”d Playful and physical, like the momentum and lunge of a summer roller coaster ride. This work is a tribute to Donna and our adventures together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/95224d4c-8d42-43c2-a315-e02271c3e938/IMG_8462.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Private Lake, ink, watercolor pencil w/brushwork, 12”hx7”w https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/03eee159-1ad9-45ea-8617-92d43cb3a0a2/IMG_8467.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Peculiar, ink, watercolor, 10”hx8”w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/5e936dc1-fb47-44bc-861e-b1574f17e8ac/IMG_8466.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Old Couple, ink, watercolor, 9”hx7”w https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/fedc333b-3003-4fcd-b6a4-561ba0176f98/IMG_8464.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Reflecting on Mountains, ink, watercolor pencil w/brushwork, 7”hx12”w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/301cb62f-f073-47f1-8474-323256eed39e/IMG_8460.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Displayed, ink, watercolor pencil w/brushwork, 11”hx7”w https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/530ecf0d-0514-4554-a6f3-07f1dcce5f78/IMG_8457.jpeg Work - Longing for Mountains - Make it stand out Floating Stone, unique print, 25”hx19”w https://www.andymoerlein.com/work/fruitlands monthly 0.5 2020-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586726002420-WZ7C95L9JDZ3WE4ZIWQC/IMG_5192.jpg Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency SACRED CIRCLE Circles as format. Arches and pattern. Created at human scale, with abundant entrances, the viewer is a participant in this alignment activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586725525110-L4AKCE25SKI5FGME9G25/IMG_6049.JPG Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency ROCK GARDEN TUTORIAL The classic garden at the Ryoanji Temple places an expectation upon the viewer. Patterns of raked gravel surrounding monumental stones present a language of seascape and islands. The ambition of this traditional rock garden is not representational. The design intent is an evocation of place. The deep shade of a white pine grove – with its perfect vertical trunks and dappled sunlight – is a stage for this drama of buoyancy. Mass is redefined and belief is suspended as insubstantial sapling boats levitate boulders. The event provokes a visceral response. One’s body calculates the weight and is confounded. Boats rely on the surface intersection of air and water. The boats in ROCK GARDEN TUTORIAL transform the sensation of solid. Weighty imaginings buoyed preposterously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586726773590-K3G1FI7JJPTCY3847T0U/IMG_5563.JPG Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586725935888-GJOTTAGCKUSEICJUDMV3/IMG_5115.JPG Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586727901061-9RZ9D676MBOELGC4LW1K/IMG_5775.JPG Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency PEER A rather ordinary tree, encumbered by invasives, captured my attentions. A puncture makes clear the sky beyond. Lined in golden saplings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586725799812-S6FBKE87ZIDKK4L9ZMWD/IMG_5801.JPG Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586725465226-WH5D9I0K72NR4ABUWR0F/IMG_6037.JPG Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586727010018-M80PL6BHD8XE339VXS1P/IMG_5559.JPG Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency STRAW DRAW Simple straw circles in a White Pine glade. All angles: vertical trunks, straight limbs, sharp needles. A pattern of sensations: Reds of the dropped needles; Bark dark of the trunks; Rich green of the live needles. A pattern of sharded light in sunshine - a burnt glow in overcast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586727588419-0RAJD5JRH12VBEZTN80P/IMG_5708.jpg Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency SNOW HAIKU Sudden spring snow catches us all by surprise. fiberglass, ceramic "birds" 4' x 12'x 21' high https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586727825765-35HMY10JWV7T4L2SAX7I/IMG_5771.jpg Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586726557096-B6U6NI9R80UE74NZE7UL/IMG_5139.jpg Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency CENTERING Long ago I collected a raven skull. Its bleached white is a vivid contrast to the soot black of its vital owner. Two raven skulls hung in a pair, poised over a grounded pair, beaks to beaks inspire meditation, centering. A soundtrack accompanies this piece. It presents a lifetime of bird calls familiar to me: bobwhite and raven, magpie and cardinal, titmouse and chickadee. Birds from my homes in Alaska, Ohio, Oregon, New York and New Hampshire mingle in my memory as I seek to define a single balance point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d11f83cf99734cf2c3908/1586727106952-M20ZNNC94MJC6RACGJEW/IMG_5533.JPG Work - Fruitlands Museum Residency