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  • "Tree of Life Window," 10' x 9' leaded mouth-blown glass window. Fabricated with Emil Frei Stained Glass, 2009.
    "Tree of Life Window," 10' x 9' leaded mouth-blown glass window. Fabricated with Emil Frei Stained Glass, 2009.
  • "Landscape," graphite, 5" x 20". First of my Tree Series, wherein trees, roots, and horizon share a common framework.
    "Landscape," graphite, 5" x 20". First of my Tree Series, wherein trees, roots, and horizon share a common framework.
  • "Trees and Roots #1," intaglio, 5" x 5", 2008.
    "Trees and Roots #1," intaglio, 5" x 5", 2008.
  • "Trees and Roots #2," intaglio, 6" x 4", 2008.
    "Trees and Roots #2," intaglio, 6" x 4", 2008.
  • "Trees and Roots #3," intaglio, 6" x 3", 2008.
    "Trees and Roots #3," intaglio, 6" x 3", 2008.
  • "Trees and Roots #4," intaglio, 4¼" x 4¼", 2008.
    "Trees and Roots #4," intaglio, 4¼" x 4¼", 2008.
Statement 

Since receiving my BA in English from the University of Dallas in 2006, I have worked for Emil Frei Stained Glass in Saint Louis. I have spent the last three years restoring, cutting, and designing stained glass across the country with Emil Frei. When not working on projects for our clients, I continue to further my own art.

My work concerns the relationship between geometry and the natural form. I place natural images within a geometric framework, creating a harmony of forms. Composition is geometrical, and organic images break into abstraction. The slope of a hill, the twist in a twig; the angle at which a tree raises, where its branches extend, and where it has a knot—these details invite contemplation. My images are precise and deliberate: I combine realism with aberrations into the imaginative.

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Art, awareness and action

Art the Vote

Posted by Melinda Carter 09.19.08, 02:05
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The billboard designed by artist Tom Huck. Huck's design was unveiled during the launch of Art the Vote on May 28.

Is all art political? Artists and community volunteers who launched Art the Vote (ATV) in May, including Graduate School of Art alum Bunny Burson, certainly think so. ATV is a nonpartisan, arts-driven effort to engage, register and mobilize young voters and the creative community in the political process prior to the November elections. Motivated by the desire to inspire change or action, elevate the importance of voting and participation in democracy, ATV will use the work of contemporary artists to highlight the critical issues facing our state, nation and planet.

Seven nationally renowned artists, including three from Missouri, have been engaged to create new work that engages and persuades the public. These will be produced on more than 70 billboards along major highways and in cities across Missouri from September 1 to October 31, 2008.

Participating artists include Sam Fox School faculty member Tom Huck, Peregrine Honig and May Tveit, all from Missouri. Martha Rosler, Willie Cole, Mark Newport and Annette Lemieux are also contributing artwork.

For more information visit www.artthevote.com

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