Recurrent Journey by Mark Herrington from Maine. Granite, 2009
“I was trying to get the progression between the elements balanced and coherent. I did not have a clear end in sight. I was in the journey.” – Mark Herrington
Franklin
Artist Statement
There are many things we do that seem to be built within patterns we establish. We walk down many paths again and again. We redo experiences with new people and new places. In that process we get new views and perspectives that keep us moving forward and discovering new parts of the journey.
I was thinking of these things as I was working on this piece. I was trying to get the progression between the elements balanced and coherent. I did not have a clear end in sight. I was in the journey.
Artist Biography
I am a self taught artist. Growing up in Maine as an outdoorsmen I found myself being inspired by the glacial erratics that are ubiquitous In the trout streams and ponds of our state. Using the material as the starting point in developing form, each piece is as individual as the stone that I begin with. I bring aesthetic rigor with a passion for minimalism to find something beyond and within the material itself.