Deep Time: Sea Dragons of Nevada

I was commissioned by the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, NV to create a series of sculptures related to the exhibit, Deep Time: Sea Dragons of Nevada, which features Ichthyosaur fossils, the state fossil of Nevada. I created a series of five ceramic sculptures based on the idea of growing or living things from long ago that have been unearthed eons later in the desert of Nevada. Much of Nevada was under water in prehistoric times and the discoveries of Ichthyosaur fossils are found in the desert mountains. I chose to create imagined fossil like forms to inspire visitors to project other ecosystems and other time frames onto the Nevada desert.