Eric Rhein

Eric Rhein uses the precision of a jeweler to construct delicate sculptures out of wire, paper, monofilament, and appropriated objects such as sentimental bits of jewelry, discarded rusty bottle caps, gears, and crystals. Drawing on his Southern-gothic heritage of Appalachian Kentucky, Rhein explores the delicate and powerful connections among humans, nature, and the spiritual world where loss and rebirth connect the past with the future. His drawings and sculptures evoke a transcendent universe inhabited by leaves, birds, animals, and human figures that represent the metamorphosis of human relationships and experience.