SEATTLE.- The Henry Art Gallery presents the exhibit And Deer and Trees and Things: Videos by Cat Clifford through August 20. This exhibition continues the Henry’s inventive use of interstitial spaces for exhibition. In her three short videos, Clifford observes, records, and inhabits rural Western landscapes. Clifford created two works during an artist's residency in Banner, Wyoming where the solace and slow pace fostered an intuitive connection to the wildlife in this isolated region. The third video depicts the artist making a simple and profound gesture of refuge in the dramatic setting of a burnt forest in the North Cascades.

Cat Clifford is a Seattle artist who makes videos, drawings, prints, and animation works. Concerned with showing the viewer the subtle daily and seasonal changes to landscape and the related patterns, thoughts, and actions that inhabit landscape, Clifford sets her images in motion to convey the passage of time outside. Many of the source drawings are of structures that could or could not facilitate staying outdoors for extended periods of time. Clifford received her MFA from Southern Methodist University and was a finalist for the Betty Bowen award.