Freedom Series
In these works, I explore physical representations of energy released from constraint.
"Your Freedom series evokes the organic trapped by the human-made but escaping by being itself, growing in a tropism toward the light and air, like people. Like anything".- Elaine Alibrandi
"Your work is solidly optimistic! Like life at a lookout, a reminder of the organic, often rough, textures encountered along the way. Your art makes us re-examine the beauty found in chaos and hardship." - Jim Baken
"Sherri Cornett’s work touches me like none other. I feel it deep, calming, thoughtful, invoking, surrounding, alive, there." - Kitty Pugh
"Your Freedom series evokes the organic trapped by the human-made but escaping by being itself, growing in a tropism toward the light and air, like people. Like anything".- Elaine Alibrandi
"Your work is solidly optimistic! Like life at a lookout, a reminder of the organic, often rough, textures encountered along the way. Your art makes us re-examine the beauty found in chaos and hardship." - Jim Baken
"Sherri Cornett’s work touches me like none other. I feel it deep, calming, thoughtful, invoking, surrounding, alive, there." - Kitty Pugh
Untethered
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2020
steel, cedar, marine rope, nylon cord, nails, wire, barbed wire, deck stain 73.5 x 42 x 24 inches Installed at the Billings-Logan International Airport T-hangars, Montana.
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Chained, Unchained, Repeat
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2019
steel, cedar, chains, locks, keys, deck stain 75 x 24 x 16 inches We move forward, we move backwards, and, hopefully, move forward again Installed as a private installation along the Missouri River
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Unearthed
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2019
steel, cedar, copper, shovels, steel & copper wire, findings, deck stain, enamel 78 x 26 x 21 inches Installed at the corner of 28th and Minnesota Avenue in Billings, MT 
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Ignited
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2019 steel, cedar post, deck stain, steel and copper wire, steel and copper fittings 69 x 16 x 16 (base is 12 x 12) In Private Collection 
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Unfettered
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2019
steel, cedar, chains, wire, zip ties, steel fittings 81 x 48 x 36 inches This one is for my flamboyant friends and makes me smile. I do believe I was channeling Bob Macke and Cher, who is certainly an unfettered soul.
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Erupted
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2020
steel, cedar post, steel washers, nails, deck stain, glue 83 x 24 x 16 inches In Private Collection
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Uncorked
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2018
recycled, repurposed steel and copper 83 x 36 x 36 inches |
Untamed
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2018
recycled, repurposed steel and copper 82 x 40 x 21 In Private Collection |
Unwound
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2018
recycled, repurposed steel and copper 81 x 26 x 21 In Corporate Collection |
Inflamed
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2019
steel, copper, river rocks 94 x 35 x 24 
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"I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear. I release you" - Joy Harjo
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." - Charlotte Brontë
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace
"Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free." - Paulo Coelho
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - audre lorde
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson Mandela
"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free." - Thich Nhat Hanh
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will." - Charlotte Brontë
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace
"Now that she had nothing to lose, she was free." - Paulo Coelho
"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - audre lorde
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." - Nelson Mandela
"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free." - Thich Nhat Hanh