Construction: The 'Creek Snake' is made out of the materials of the creek; river rocks, clay, wood and metal. The snake is actually an 80 foot long Gabion. Gabion construction is commonly used by landscape architects to shore up creek banks and highway road cuts. Gabions, made out of wire mesh and large gravel, are filled in with dirt and plant life and control erosion as a permanent part of the landscape.

Concept: The snake is a powerful mythological symbol, often occupying our dreams. Gaea, the Goddess Earth, had a grandaughter named medusa who had snakes for hair. The rod of Moses, which changed into a serpent, later produced water from a rock in the desert. The snake shedding its skin sludes to death and rebirth. In Hindu mythology, the snake embodies sexual power. To Americans, the snake is a symbol of independence. (Don't Tread on Me)

On a practical level, the water snake inhabits creeks and rivers, slithering up and down the banks and becoming one with the eddy's of the river flow. This artists' 'Creek Snake', is poised on the creek bank, its' energy concentrated in a coil, ready to spring into the creek.