2018

Turning Point is a temporary installation work of seven 4’ x 4’ clear, wind‑driven panels with nature‑inspired, digitally-manipulated linocut designs. The transparent panels are composed for the purpose of making us more aware of what is close, far, and all around us as we look through them and watch them shift with the breeze. This work is durable enough to persist in any weather condition, yet nimble enough to be rotated 360° by small hands. The purpose of Turning Point is to encourage children in our community to engage with the natural landscape and to see plant life from another vantage point.

In May 2019, seven panels were installed at Rhoneymeade Arboretum and Sculpture Garden in Centre Hall, PA, overlooking land stewarded by ClearWater Conservancy. The panels were reinstalled by request for summer 2020.

The designs are produced using a linocut printmaking process. Each design is hand‑drawn, transferred to rubber‑based material, carved, and hand‑printed with black ink. High-quality scans are digitally combined, scaled, and printed at full size on clear acrylic sheets.

Each clear panel is coated with a UV‑ and scratch‑resistant material. The panels are mounted to a custom‑engineered combination of steel and PVC; the result is strong enough to weather months of sun, rain, wind, and cold, and yet able to rotate in a light breeze.

Ten‑foot steel poles are driven into the ground; PVC sleeves are attached to the remaining six feet to support the artwork and allow rotation. The installation was designed to leave the land in its original state after the installation, and did not need a concrete base.