From glass sculpture to microscopic cellular weaving, our seven internationally acclaimed artists create their own natural wonders. Using organic elements in their conceptual work, they question, confiscate and redefine "nature" as art.

Irish artist, Patricia McKenna creates installations and site-specific works at once familiar, yet vaguely disconcerting. She appropriates then relocates natural materials as a metaphorical comment on politics, time and memory.

Following her background in medicine, Ruth Tabacay weaves design motifs inspired by the beauty and mystery of microscopic organisms.

Surprising in scale and place, Patrick Dougherty's temporary shelters evoke the magical, natural, and spiritual. He wonderfully manages to harness the "forces of nature" while simultaneously reminding us of life's ephemeral qualities.

Marcia Wolfson Ray uses nature as found objects to create sculptural forms. Removed from their environment, the materials are transformed into objects of beauty seen primarily in terms of color shape and form.

The whimsical, fleeting quality of Kathryn Lipke Vigesaa's work alludes to anthropological, primitive forms. Often appearing ritualistic or transitory, her work speaks of the beauty and harmony of nature.

Dorothy Gill Barnes patiently engages in the slow methodical processes of nature. Her finished vessels reflect this time imbued sensibility and echo the living roots of their origins.

The gravity defying, awe-inspiring installations of Steve Tobin capture milliseconds in nature. Using thousands of glass cylinders, Tobin convincingly isolates the phenomenal force of water falls and rushing streams.

May the force of Nature be with you!