My artwork catalogs my surroundings via naturalistic observation with particular interest in the theory of new materialism and the environment’s response to human influence. I explore how humans and the objects we bring into our lives interact with and relate to the landscape. Intertwining manmade and natural materials allows me to examine and express the tension between ephemerality and the perception of permanence found in nature as well as in mundane human life; multitudes of tiny interactions and personal connections with people and places are what create the reality we live in and cling to, yet often fail to acknowledge.

I collect and process local plant fibers and recycled material to create paper. Used fabric, ceramic forms, found plastic and other inorganic materials interplay in various ways dependent on material experimentation. The act of material reuse is an effort toward sustainability in my practice and also represents the fleeting aspects of life both physical and metaphorical.

Cyclical processes are always apparent in my observational studies of the world- in architecture, in nature, and also existing in who we are as humans individually and through relationships with others and our surroundings.