Statement

As a child, I often disappeared into the forest for hours and still find the experience of wandering generative. Through an expansive painting practice that combines fibers, sculpture, and collage, my work is aroused by moments of awe and wonder in everyday encounters within our lived ecology. I translate observations within the natural world into hybrid works that focus on the roles biodiversity, sensorial experience, and transformation play in building a more verdant future to deepen connection, sensitivity, and care for our environment.

Pairing improvisation with labor-intensive processes, I invite the evolution of my work with slow and intentional efforts tied to marginalized histories of craft. I often create by repurposing remnants from past and present works, merging fragments of paintings and dyed fabrics into stitched, pieced, sculptural configurations that accumulate multiple impressions of the landscape. Contrasting various perspectives and dimensions that distill and extend fleeting moments in nature, my works additionally bulge and pool out from the picture plane, encouraging viewers to consider their place within the imagery.

Image Credit: Stephen Kennedy, Cross Country Camera