Each mound represents the repetition of life and death in endless cycles.  The fallen maple leaves represent death and the deodar seeds planted in the center represent new beginnings of life.  The work is site specific and the material can only be found at certain times of year, and in certain geographic locations. making it ephemeral.  The work is taken out of a typical gallery setting and placed on a pathway, where weather and wind can destroy the creation, unlike typical art objects placed in galleries to be protected for perpetuity.  The earthwork does not produce an object that can be saved. The only way of documenting the existence of this art is photographic.  

I have drawn inspiration for this work from Andy Goldsworthy and Maya Lin.  Andy’s gathering of materials from nature, putting them together in a sculptural form as a metaphor for life and our experiences, inspired the circle of life. He redefines landscapes and, with his subtle persuasion through art, causes the viewer to re-examine his or her connection to nature and to their own mortality.  Maya Lin’s work is about process.  She changes the terrain into a sculptural form by forming the earth, using contours and repetition against a natural forest.  She makes a place for people within the landscape.

In my work I changed the contours of the landscape by repeating circular mounds along side of a path and metaphorically referenced life and death by the juxtaposition of materials used in the sculpture.  The colourful material, the geometric circles and the precise placement of material surrounded by a natural setting causes the viewer to stop and question what he is seeing, thus becoming engaged with nature which is my intent.