Dragonflies visit the studio in summer the way moths visit a porch light, only briefer. They land on the bench, they look at the work, they leave. I think there is a temptation to read meaning into those visits; mostly I just try to remember not to flinch.
“Forest Vibe” came together over six weeks in February. The cedar fronds are real — pressed flat the day they fell — and the small glass house, again. The dragonflies in the work itself are not from any particular dragonfly. They’re a composite of every visitor that landed on the bench that year.
What I learned from this piece: I don’t have to catch the dragonflies, or photograph them, or hold on to them. I just have to be in the room when they arrive. The work can do the rest.
— Katherine
(Placeholder essay — to be replaced with the artist’s real letter.)
