My current body of mixed media works on paper depict animals and plants with threatened or endangered conservation statuses due to human impacts causing the climate crisis. I focus on local and global subjects and identify causes of declining survival trends among various species. The ultimate discussion regards the landscape and the climate crisis, with perspective based on Jungian theory, Cosmology, and microcosm/macrocosm interplay. Each component is symbolic, with animal and plant life set in a state of balance and reverence. The subjects and their habitats are depicted through the eyes of cultures, both current and historical, that see them as sources of significance and wisdom, with an underlying present-day influence based on irresponsible human interference.
The works includes elements of realism, surrealism, psychedelia, and impressionism. A combination of gouache, watercolor, micron, gel pen, marker, acrylic, colored pencil, graphite, India ink, and glitter is potentially incorporated in each piece. The artwork is often vibrantly colored, investigating different degrees of symmetry, color, pattern, and texture interaction in union with the subject matter. These techniques are used to display motion and movement, as well as demonstrate the success of individualism within a collective structure. Commonly, multiple creatures conjoin to create the collective form, a single unified figure based on many individuals. In my most recent works, I am experimenting with hand cutting, collaging and layering paper. Painterly technique is balanced with graphic, linear structures.
There is a direct relationship between humanity’s collective emotional well-being and the state of our planet. The intention of my work is to motivate genuine interest, and awareness of, components of our natural world being impacted and in jeopardy due to our collective lack of personal light and shadow work efforts. Meticulous attention and devotion in my work honors the preciousness of all the living beings in our global ecosystem and stress the importance of their protection. I hope to make visible and visual the ecological crises in order to reflect the life and consciousness that exists within plants and animals in our shared interconnected world.