Professional Portfolio:
Direct experience and research feed the content and connections that are important to me as an artist. The environmental and cultural tragedies of the past must engage the high stakes of the present. My layered landscape narratives ask viewers to consider the social, political, and environmental contexts to their surroundings.
Recent research has taken me to the Grand Tetons to study the plight of a dying keystone species, to drought-stricken landscapes in northern California, and to the last northern remnants of old-growth eastern white pine in Minnesota. These trips generated the experiences and imagery presented in current work. Half of the projects reflect on environmental conflict and destruction. The other half focus on positivity, and the potency of personal connection to the land. These parallel forces of hope and despair are emblematic of the present. We must look at Nature as a cultural force that can foster unity over division.
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