Isabel E. Rucker
Isabel Rucker is a multi-disciplinary artist living on the Mendocino coast working in painting, sculpture, and jewelry. She uses these disciplines to explore ideas of color abstraction, shape, and environment. She is deeply tied to the natural world and seeks adventure through travel and wilderness. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and as public works, she was a resident artist at the Jentel Foundation, and owns a jewelry business.
"Giant Pacific Octopus"
"Giant Pacific Octopus" was painted on the very last days of 2020. Immersing in creativity during these days at the Box Shop felt to be a good omen for better days. It was painted with latex and paintbrush. At the Box Shop the octopus is living deep among the snags of bent metal and ocean freight containers, receding and advancing with the tides of Hunter's Point, and moving between the filtered light and darkness of the sea.
