Sharon Edwards-Russell:
Bio Statement: Recieved MFA from Tulane University in Louisiana and a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. I have taught at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland since 1985.Collections: New Orleans Museum of Art. Exhibitions of my work include: Mutual Fun(ds), two person exhibition of sculpture and digital prints; Elzeard Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, Mill River Gallery Ellicott City, Maryland; The Laurel Art Guild 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, Merit Award, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, Maryland; Art Maryland '98, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, Maryland; Icons and Archetypes, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland; Butler Institute of American Art, 34th Annual Ceramic, Sculpture, and Craft Show, Youngstown, Ohio; Contemporary Expressions in Traditional Media, Delaware Center of Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware

Artist Statement: I have been making non-objective forms for over a decade. Typically, I work with three main elements; geometric form with organic surface texture and graphic symbols as surface decoration. The marriage of geometric, organic, and graphic has become a language that evokes primal and visceral associations. Usually I present my work in a vertical orientation. For Bonsai inSites a horizontal presentation seemed most appropriate. "Large Cairn for Boxwood" is divided graphically and is similar to an eroded, barren landscape. The placement of the bonsai tree, isolated within its surroundings, becomes an oasis. The bonsai is enveloped within the larger landscape, a non-traditional sense of scale for bonsai and container, but intended to draw the viewer into the miniature environment.