My hybrid paintings and installations are the by-products of a deep, uncommon engagement with earth-derived matter (including plants, rocks, soil, insects, and metals), revealing its transformative potential and reciprocity. The work challenges notions of human perception, vulnerability, impermanence, abundance and void, while drawing attention to environmental grit, destruction and beauty.
Through foraging, sourcing, and investigative processes, both outdoors and in the studio, I build multilayered, tangible objects meant to be observed, felt, and questioned rather than understood. Through experimental alchemy and repetitive rituals, the work evolves slowly into a visibly rich, active yet distilled surrogate for language, inviting an emotional rather than purely intellectual experience. That which remains unseen is often as meaningful as what is visibly present.
Sustaining a non-toxic studio practice, pushing the boundaries of 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 earth care.
My studio is both my lab and sanctuary.
