The sculptural book Incantation employs earth as pigment along with basalt and silver. The Subtle Body installation includes metal leaf, silver paper and copper wires. Medieval alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold or silver. Using precious metals, Parkinson metaphorically and psychologically transforms her body image into that of a Buddha. Trude Parkinson is a Marylhurst University faculty member and is represented by Alysia Duckler Gallery in Portland.
Eggs become arid shells.
Beeswax changes according to the ambient temperature. Installed hanging from the ceiling, these organic sculptures seem to breathe and die. Refuge and Lair move on slight drafts. Over time their luminous gut forms stretch and rot. My work is constantly being inspired and nourished by the natural world.