What happens when a community’s foundational beliefs lead to their inability to thrive? A once rapidly growing utopian society, the Shaker’s numbers have now dwindled to two members. The Shakers will soon be survived only by their work, most notably their exquisitely labored furniture and impressive archive of devotional hymns. Come ‘Round Right questions the post-utopian landscape and legacy left behind, exploring the persistence of a disappearing community by examining what remains.
As Above So Below, 2019, mercerized cotton yarn and found chair, 36 ½ x 18 ½ x 13
Leave Me Never, watercolor and ink on paper, 11 x 13, 2023
Yonder Bright Celestial Portal, 2018, watercolor and ink on paper, 12 x 15
Ascending, 2018, watercolor and ink on paper, 24 x 18
Little Love, 2018, watercolor, ink, acrylic on paper, 18 x 24
Elysian Bower, 2018, watercolor and ink, 19 x 18
Ladderbacks, 2017, watercolor, ink, and graphite, 11 x 8 ¾
Lean, 2017, wood, fabric, silk ribbon, adhesive, nails, 36 x 18 x 30
Hasten Delay, 2018, watercolor and ink, 12 x 15
Bright Little I, 2018, watercolor and ink, 8 ½ x 11
Only Child, 2018, watercolor and ink, 18 x 19
Hands to Work, 2018, watercolor and ink on paper, 18 x 24
Cosmos, 2017, ink, watercolor, acrylic on paper, 10 x 59
Earthly Flowers, 2017, found photograph, gesso, ink, 10 x 13
Halcyon Weave, 2018, found photograph, gesso, ink, 10 x 12
Shadows Gently Lengthen, 2019, watercolor and ink, 18 x 24
Bow, Bend, and Tarry, 2019, wool and acrylic yarn, found chair, 33 x 17 x 16
The Coming Time, 2019, acrylic on wood, brass, found chair, 31 x 17 x 23
Tarry Not, 2018, watercolor, ink, brass brad, acrylic, 19 x 18
Sacred Order, 2018, watercolor and ink, 19 x 18
