KATIE DEITS
Master Photographer, Sculptor, Writer

Deits's piece entitled "As I think" is a life-size head and shoulders sculpture of a nude, androgynous person, with an inquisitive expression. It is inscribed with quotations that have influenced Deits's personal life philosophies. Buddha taught, "All that we are is the result of what we have thought," while Bible text reads, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." There are quotes on the sculpture from great religious thinkers and philosophers, Star Wars, Helen Keller," The Velveteen Rabbit," and others. Viewers have the opportunity to read the words on the flesh, to "get inside the person's head," and to absorb the quotations into the viewer's consciousness. It was accepted into the 54th All Florida Artists Juried Exhibition at the Boca Museum.

"Connection," (a life-size sculpture of a Lakota Indian), is an installation that represents the Native American's human-rights struggle. They believe we are connected; what is done to one part of the web of life affects all. A figure emerges from a tree trunk surrounded by four bowls: life stages, with quotations by Native-American philosophers about the cycle of life, and earth and human rights.
"Destruction" (pictured below) is a life-size installation that is paired with "Connection," above.






"Terminus" by Katie Deits is a mixed media sculpture c2007