MaryLinda Moss Portfolio Artist Statement suspended Wire cheesecloth and beeswax, 2x2x5, ©2003 iron figure Cast iron, 2.5x2x3, ©2002 MaryLinda Moss's work delves into the ephemeral, the transitional, the transformative in ourselves, the vulnerable point from which we come to a new awareness of self. Her sculpture relates to the body and its processes, and has a unique quality in its use of organic matter in conjunction with other materials. Her fine sense and use of materials is not only aesthetically engaging but also presents a concept essential to her work. She asks us to consider how the cyclical aspects of the natural world metaphorically relate to our own emotional lives. Depicting the body and its functions she suggests our spiritual and actual, physical connection to the earth in its most basic elements, with its continual, perpetual sloughing off and regeneration. MaryLinda's sculpture and installation work explores issues of fragility, exposure and protection, dissipation, insufficiency and the need for nourishment, spiritual and otherwise. The intricacy of detail and the sensuality of surface invites an intimate, fresh look at how we experience the body and ourselves.