My multi-disciplinary works are the by-product of a deep engagement with nature and its particle-laden material matter. Through the procurement and uncommon employ of inorganic and organic pigments and the manipulation of natural-fibered substrates, I focus on notions of human-environment connectivity, their shared strengths and vulnerabilities, impermanence and void.
The work transforms over long periods of time through a combination of fieldwork and ritualistic, experimental, alchemic processes. Establishing a visceral sense of personal belonging with unfamiliar territory (both in and out of the studio) informs the work’s layered intimacy. My work and provides a communal exchange between the collective and individual human experience.
While embodying personal, spiritual, philosophical and scientific notions, the work ultimately materializes as a perceptual object: an ambiguous surrogate for language.
I am as much an Alchemist, explorer, and researcher as Artist.
Sustaining a non-toxic studio practice, expanding methods and materials that have existed in ancient cultures for thousands of years, derived from the environment itself, is my cathartic place to manifest hope for a renewed future that values the importance of mindfulness, well-being, and planet care.
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