60" x 180"

My current work consists of ornate compositions that use a pattern-based topography to portray ideas about land and our natural world. I use paint, fabric, fur, yarn pom poms, glitter, and glass eyes to enhance the landscape and create images that are simultaneously ordered, in disarray, realistic and abstract. The tapestry-like format that is dense, intertwined, sometimes haphazard, and bursting with energy. Seemingly chaotic, the terrain is dynamic, and like our natural world, one hub of activity finds connection and interacts with the next.
I’m interested in micro and macro perspectives to convey the bold and delicate forms that exist in the mysterious realms that surround us. The work is meant to transport viewers across abstracted land and sky, illuminating a path to the deep, dark recesses of our universe. The work stems from a personal curiosity about nature and our connection to it. I want people to look at my work, consider the earth in new ways, and feel inspired to tread lightly.
My daily, up-close encounter with nature is the fifty-foot journey through our family garden, from home to the studio. I am continually captured by nature’s sheer exuberance—a spectacle of complexity—beautiful, simple, and haphazard.