This collection explores an idea that has always stuck out to me in nature – that nature is beautiful, but odd. Everything about it seems so personal and intentional, yet somehow that fact is easily overlooked because we see it everyday. Birds start to seem common and rain predictable – but they aren’t.
“Oddities” features many familiar animals and everyday objects – none of them odd in and of themselves. What makes them strange or whimsical is their context and relationship to each other. For instance, donuts and stags are common enough – but you could rarely expect to see them together. Something must be done for that. And that’s what it boils down to. In nature I see that something has been done; and by merely tweaking the circumstances, I remind myself.
Mary Scarlett 