Recently, I have been altering and replicating natural objects, anthropomorphizing or animalizing “passive” grasses and driftwood to experiment with taxonomic borders between human, beast, and plant. The objects are made into totems, displayed alongside their source, and photographed in their original landscape. Crafted from felted wool, cast sculpture, and found objects, this work uses three-dimensional plein-air art making to memorize and memorialize the things we take, covet, or leave behind, as well as our time spent in places wild or pristine.

I am interested in depicting the effect of the human touch and gaze, both positive and negative, on flora and fauna. I work to assemble a dreamscape where environmentalism intersects folklore, where idyllic settings are both vulnerable and feral. I portray both real and imagined eco-systems, cultivating visceral landscapes as personal space

In my series of “Familiars,” I explore various species of the physical and psychological extension of an individual and their ego. The notion of familiars has developed through a very old tradition of folklore and mystical spirituality; often described as the part human, part animal helper of a witch/warlock or shaman.

Another ongoing series entitled “Pool,” is based on the visual representation of animal consciousness, as described by philosopher and author George Bataille in his novel Theory of Religion. I construct or draw the setting of an empty pool, lined with cross-shaped lane divisions. Into the pool I suspend ambiguous animal or anthropomorphized legs. In this series I have experimented with adding a lighted component using strung bulbs, and partial, site-specific installation.