Photograph documenting 'Metamorphic Reflections' by artist Caroline Coolidge. A landscape features a vast, dark pond shimmering under the sunlight, surrounded by green trees. In the distant corner of the pond, a sculptural installation shows white-painted chairs and wooden objects suspended from fallen tree branches.

Metamorphic Reflection, 2018–2019
Painted wood and found furniture
Installation view (1 of 7)

Photograph capturing a close-up of 'Metamorphic Reflections' by artist Caroline Coolidge. This detail reveals a massive tree trunk cutting diagonally from the upper left to the lower right, adorned with six white-painted wooden objects emerging from the fallen trunk, creating a bold contrast against the dark trees and water.

Metamorphic Reflection, 2018–2019
Painted wood and found furniture
Installation view (2 of 7)

Photograph highlighting a detail of 'Metamorphic Reflections' installation by artist Caroline Coolidge. The fallen tree branch with white-painted wooden objects fills the upper two-thirds of the image, while the lower third shows the dark pond water with shimmering reflections of the wooden objects.

Metamorphic Reflection, 2018–2019
Painted wood and found furniture
Installation view (3 of 7)

Photograph detail of 'Metamorphic Reflections' installation by artist Caroline Coolidge. Captures the fallen tree trunk cutting across the frame from the lower left to the upper right. At the center of the image, a white ladder is attached to the middle of the tree trunk, descending into the dark water.

Metamorphic Reflection, 2018–2019
Painted wood and found furniture
Installation view (4 of 7)

Photograph revealing a detail of 'Metamorphic Reflections' installation by artist Caroline Coolidge. The focus is on the tree trunk at the center, with numerous branches protruding from the fallen tree. White-painted chairs and various wooden objects, partly disassembled, emerge from the tree.

Metamorphic Reflection, 2018–2019
Painted wood and found furniture
Installation view (5 of 7)

Photograph capturing a detail of 'Metamorphic Reflections' installation by artist Caroline Coolidge. This detail features a large tree on the left side of the image, with a deteriorating chair hanging from it. On the right side, the fallen tree trunk has numerous white wooden objects attached to it.

Metamorphic Reflection, 2018–2019
Painted wood and found furniture
Installation view (6 of 7)

Photograph highlighting a detail of 'Metamorphic Reflections' installation by artist Caroline Coolidge, showing a branch with half of a white chair suspended upside down above the tranquil blue water of the pond.

Metamorphic Reflection, 2018–2019
Painted wood and found furniture
Installation view (7 of 7)

This site-specific installation, presented in the show Speaking of Sculpture, 2018–2019 at the Old Frog Pond Studio centers on the cycle of decay of twenty-four objects placed in and around the pond. Utilizing the shifting reflections in the water, the work probes questions of illusion, reality, and time, compounded with beautiful, yet eerie visuals of the aftermath of disaster. The work speaks to the unfolding future and the potential for ensuing dislocation and migration as a result of climate catastrophes and the felt effects of environmental degradation.