LIVING SCULPTURES

 La Mancha’s Sequel: A Climate-Smart Urban Landscape.

 Sequel: A Climate-Smart Urban Landscape is a 6,500-square-foot social sculpture designed to holistically restore ecological balance in urban landscapes. This project is on the property of renowned international painter Terrell James and her environmental architect husband, Cameron Armstrong, specifically at their La Mancha artist studio in Acres Homes. In July 2024, I relocated my studio to this site at Terrell James's invitation, understanding that I would transform the garden space from a chemically dependent, traditional colonial landscape into a climate-smart living sculpture. La Mancha’s Sequel will model ecological restoration, blending art, architecture and literature with environmental responsibility for future generations.

Sequel is a leap of faith, a belief that humanity will get it right.

Below are images taken at 7:00 am four times a year from four different locations. The images, from left to right, were taken during the Fall Equinox, Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, and Summer Solstice.

images by Jake Eshelman

2004 West Tidwell, approximately in 2016

A chemically dependent, traditional colonial landscape monoculture of turf grass.

Sequel

Summer solstice 2025

Details coming soon