The gallery gets its name from the half-dead tree in front of my house. I love this tree. When we moved here years ago it was obvious that the tree was not doing well and each year its branches became more bare. Limbs drop when the wind blows. Arborists have come to my door looking for the job of cutting it down. In the past, each time I have contemplated removing the tree, something happened to convince me otherwise - a hawk landed on the tree and scanned for prey, a merlin perched while ripping apart a small bird. I know that snags play an important role in the forest. The last arborist who came by appreciated snags. He didn't even think the dead branches should be pruned out. He said that while the tree ages, bark would pop loose and bats would roost there. I look forward to that day.

By naming the gallery SNAG, I seek to overlay the aesthetics of the tree onto the gallery. I am interested in showing process-driven, material-based work. I am interested in work that stretches beyond itself and seeks a wider context and interrelationships.