Original Wood Assemblage - 'Shaman Two

Laird Campbell works from his studio in the Cowichan Valley on the east coast of Vancouver Island, building abstract compositions from reclaimed and found wood.  Campbell seeks, in his own words, “to conjure something retinal and cerebral to appear alongside the spiritual representation that is the art indigenous to this area.”

Where 'Shaman' is a first encounter, 'Shaman Two' is a return — a second look at the same threshold, from a slightly different angle. The two works were made together and exhibited together at the Cowichan Performing Arts Theatre in 2015, and they are best understood in relation to each other: two approaches to the same question, two ways of standing at the edge of the visible world. Collected together, they form a diptych of sorts; collected separately, each carries the full weight of the inquiry on its own.

This original work is a Wood Assemblage: a hand-built composition of reclaimed wood pieces, each selected for its grain, age, and surface quality.

Medium: Original Wood Assemblage (reclaimed and found wood)
Dimensions: 7.25 × 7.25"
Exhibition: Cowichan Performing Arts Theatre, 2015 Solo Exhibition
Authenticity: One-of-a-kind original; signed by the artist