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Charles
Courville Artist Statemtent Dealing with the theme of environmental issues and its ongoing common threat of excess material waste that we daily exude has led me to re-think the way in which to illustrate our abuse of the land. Thus evolved the idea for Reinventing the Wheel. The use of biodegradable material and non-biodegradable refuse work together in the construction of the woven wheel. Varieties of the Willow tree, which flourish bountiful growth when cut, are structurally bound with recycled wire, rags and plastic. The wheel has the essence of being constructed as it moves along, picking up waste products as it approaches its destiny. In the process
of time, the wood components of the wheel would biodegrade; the leftover
segments would be the reminder that we have not found a way to conserve
and recycle our precious resources. Do we fabricate explanations to
live within this biosphere and have we resolved to hand down waste
continually until photosynthesis can no longer manifest itself? 
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