Rick Gradone is a visual artist based in Delhi, New York.

Artist’s Statement

The earth contains immense power

that dwarfs our awe-inspiring hubris.

Even a notion of “protecting” or

“preserving” the planet reveals our

flawed perspective. Humanity will

expire long before the earth ceases

to exist.

Rocks represent the earth in its most

stable state, but their existence in

time means they will eventually be

gone. With millions of years carved

into their surfaces, rocks tell the

earth’s history of connections and

dead ends in a snapshot of form in

the present.

The ancient religions formed to

connect to the earth’s power. My

latest works use portraits of rocks

to create an iconography

focused on an earth centered

spirituality, offering a separate

liminal zone in which to

contemplate larger realities and

truths. .

Rendered in a range of mediums

and forms, this work explores the

human relationship to the

unimaginable power of the planet

and the enormity of the universe

against the backdrop of time.