An Artist with a Direct Connection to Nature

A family member introduced me to the art of Andy Goldsworthy several years ago, and I'm still fascinated. Mr. Goldsworthy works with natural materials, so some of his works are permanent while others are extremely fleeting and fragile (and live on only in photographs and video recreations). If you've never heard of him, I urge you to visit his website and seek out one of the video documentaries that have been made about his work.

Here's a brief clip that was posted online:


And another which has been taken from one of his documentaries and shows the artist at work (if you don't care for the music, which was substituted for the original audio, you may want to turn down the sound):