Ownership, wood, oil on canvas, 20' x 1.5' x 2', 1993-2001

friendship memory boat



The focus of the boat Ownership is on the Eurocentric notion of owning or possessing the land. Ribbons of words and animal spirits on the boat question the effect this possession has had on species that are becoming extinct due to the loss of their natural habitat. The shadow reflection is a mound of rich dark brown earth and coiled barbed wire that has caught tuffs of animal fur.