Andy Goldsworthy

I've been a fan of Andy Goldsworthy for years. His work continues to impress me. He is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who uses art to create it. He uses nature. He has published many books filled with photography of his work. In 2001 he came out with, a domcumentary distributed through dvd, entitled "Rivers and Tides."

"I find some of my new works, just as I find nature as a whole disturbing. The landscape is often perceived as pastoral, pretty, beautiful - something to be enjoyed as a backdrop to your weekend before going back to the nitty-gritty of urban life. But anybody who works the land knows it's not like that. Nature can be harsh - difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn't walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying."
--------------------------------------Andy Goldsworthy