Juror - Patrick Dougherty

Born in Oklahoma in 1945, Patrick Dougherty grew up in North Carolina, where he roamed the woods as a child.  In the early 1980’s, he combined his carpentry skill with a love of nature and began to build sculptures using tree saplings as construction material. His work quickly evolved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental-scale environmental works, which required saplings by the truckloads. He has built over 310 of these massive works, and become internationally acclaimed. His sculpture has been seen worldwide---from Scotland to Japan to Australia, and all over the United States. 

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