Peggy Atherton work is haunted by a sense of ownership versus loss, of beauty and youth through time. She is interested in how contemporary society relates to nature, cycles of life and decay. Using road kill animals that she finds as materials, the artist create odd circumstances through gestures, materials or colours. Atherton’s sustained involvement with the processes of sculpture making, carries a playfulness disparate mix of elements, sometimes cast and sometimes presented in their own natural state, by juxtaposing mortality and hope with hints of humour. A complex relationship that is particularly pertinent with regards to global ecology and our impact on the environment.