Running at Wolfe's Neck.

Freeport, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2022.. Edition of 3. Artist's book with mixed media silkscreen prints with collage, cloth bound accordion book, edition of 3 , 11.25 h x 7.75w x 1.75 d closed book, open 11.25h x 88 w x 7d in inches Rebecca Goodale: "Wolfe's Neck in Freeport, Maine is home to Wolfe's Neck State Park, several parcels of land preserved by the Freeport Conservation Trust, and also Wolfe's Neck Farm (aka Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment). All of this land is open to the public for walks in the woods, fields, and along the shoreline.  "In the spring of 2020 when I was adjusting to a world without Yoga classes or an indoor pool at the Y I began a regime of walking and running the dirt roads in and around the farm. As the warm spring unfolded ahead of the biting insects I began to develop a more intimate relationship with this pastoral spot. "The bright landscape was punctuated with farm equipment holding steady, waiting for the seasons ahead. I ran past orange and pink beasts that I later discovered were called tedders and hay rakes. I would turn my head and say, 'I will be back to draw you'. And so began my infatuation with stationary machines. There is a tractor that I have never seen move, there is another that is always on the go in the summer and fall. There is a hen house on wheels and a do-re-mi set of grain bins all with the name brand Farmer Boy written in large red letters near their tops. "After making a suite of 6 mixed media silkscreen prints I decided to develop these images further by creating a small edition of pop-up books.