Drawings on enamel-painted steel and three-dimensional forged steel constructions by sculptor Hoss Haley are allegories of man's desire to reorder the landscape. Man's attempt to control, to leave a footprint, is at best imperfect. Haley's visual language exposes this fallibility.

"We strive to bring our vision of order and progress to the world; but as quickly as our monuments begin to dot the landscape, they are reclaimed by the forces of nature that we can never control," notes Haley. "I find great beauty in this inevitable contrast. That is why I like to use steel. It rusts; it shows age; it deteriorates."

Haley studied blacksmithing in Santa Fe (NM), Dodge City (KS) and Salado (TX) and participated in the Penland School of Crafts and John Michael Kohler Arts Center Residency programs. His work is in the permanent collections of Mint Museum of Craft + Design (NC), John Michael Kohler Arts Center (WI), Bakersville Greenway Project (NC), Lowes Inc. (NC) and High Plains Journal (KS). Haley has also been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts (Santa Fe) and California Crafts Museum (San Francisco).