Colleen O'Donnell
Nature's Timepieces
“It is not down in any map. True places never are.”
Herman Melville
Herman Melville’s Arrowhead –
Wissahickon Creek, Pennsylvania –
Rouffignac Cave, France –
Attempting to make permanent my moment here
I put a stone in my pocket
Ossified wood remembers her curves
A relic of womanhood carried on through time
Waves etch themselves into the substance of shells
lulling me into a glimpse of the eternal
Nature’s timepieces.
I’m a fraction of a moment here –
connecting with you
Fleeting but beautiful.
The Conversation, river stones, 2" x 5" x 3"
Voices Unheard, terracotta and river stone, 3" x 5" x 3"
Blue Screw, horseshoe crab, nails, screw, iron and sand, 12" x 9" x 4"
"It's not down on any map...", colored pencil on paper 7" x 4.75" SOLD
"It's not down on any map..." (Ode to Herman Melville), driftwood, granite and stone, 13" x 3" x 3"
Oceanscape, colored pencil on paper, 4.75" x 8" SOLD
Oceanscape, driftwood, shells and plastic straw, 6" x 18" x 6"
Synergy, found object and wood, 4" x 9" x 5"
Ossified Venus, colored pencil on paper, 4.25" x 7"
Ossified Venus, wood, stone and terracotta, 3" x 8" x 3"
Totem 1, bronze & limestone, 76" x 12" x 12" Available
Totem 2, bronze & limestone, 56" x 6" x 5" Available