A series of map drawings in skywriting smoke, mirroring geographic and archaeological features on the Earth below
Sky Projects
The North-South and East-West axes of the city plan are laid out, for orientation
Locations of conical mounds indicated by spirals drawn directly above them
Round platform mound locations are marked by circles
Contours of irregular shaped mounds are traced in the sky
The Woodhenge area is marked by circles of dashes
Three Woodhenges were drawn, as there were three consecutive structures
The ancient channel diverges from the river (East bank)
The West bank of Horseshoe Lake is reunited with the present river bank.
Observers are sandwiched between the past, above, and the present, below.
coming soon
Ancient City in the Sky
A ghostly map of the Precolumbian
Native American city of Cahokia,
drawn over its actual former site
Prehistoric River Channel
A map of the ancient channel of the
Mississippi River, over the flood plain
where it once existed, connecting oxbow
lakes with the present channel.
First the West bank was drawn, flying
downstream, then the East, upstream.
Drawing on Earth and Sky
A tractor tills marks into the Earth, while
the skywriting plane attempts to trace
them. The shadow of the smoke creates
yet a third line.
River Artist
A map of early, middle, and mature styles
of a river drawing it’s course along its flood
plain
Alternative Clouds
Interaction of natural and geometric clouds
Aerial Bicycle Path
A map drawn the sky over the bicycle path
in Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, as cyclists
ride below.
Making the Invisible Visible
Skywriting smoke lines, across a river with
islands, become a medium upon which
convection currents manifest themselves.
Skyway Highway
A skywriting airplane travels around the
loops of a cloverleaf highway interchange.
