My recent work focuses on ecological reverence and the metaphor between personal grief and environmental grief. Through micro-macrocosm interplay and cyclical processes, I mirror the stages of grief from traumatic catalyst to eventual healing. My research practice includes nature and hiking, and with my artistic process, I focus particularly on the moments when internal states and external phenomena align. This is experienced as much in the studio as in the wild. Through this lens, my multimedia collage works reflect experiences of self-awareness, self-care, shadow/light work, and embracing a radical acceptance of life.
In my work, mutually invented and imagined landscapes comprise of flora and fauna I have encountered, speaking to my different homes and particular travels in the world. Scenes created confront the presence and absence of loved ones, connecting to specific griefs and traumas in the past decade. My collage work, affixed to watercolor paper, includes drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques, as well as recycled and upcycled materials to honor sustainability and conservation.
In my work, mutually invented and imagined landscapes comprise of flora and fauna I have encountered, speaking to my different homes and particular travels in the world. Scenes created confront the presence and absence of loved ones, connecting to specific griefs and traumas in the past decade. My collage work, affixed to watercolor paper, includes drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques, as well as recycled and upcycled materials to honor sustainability and conservation.
Presently, my practice most accurately fits into the framework of the Re-Enchantment movement. Re-Enchantment in art acknowledges possibilities and successes in working as an eco-friendly and eco-conscious artist. Artists of this movement create either ephemeral, performance-based, or wholly eco-friendly/eco-conscious works. Similar to the movement, my work demonstrates awe and celebration of the environment and the cosmos. My work speaks to the values of empathy, interconnectedness, ritual, and respect for earth and its inhabitants, as there is a direct relationship between humanity’s collective emotional well-being and the state of our planet.
The work is a celebratory recognition of the preciousness of existence and the somber yet profound significance of loss. I hope to alchemize suffered experiences into something honest, meaningful, and lasting. My practice is both an attempt to further understand the delicate balance between light and shadow and also an acknowledgement that both are necessary aspects of nature.
The work is a celebratory recognition of the preciousness of existence and the somber yet profound significance of loss. I hope to alchemize suffered experiences into something honest, meaningful, and lasting. My practice is both an attempt to further understand the delicate balance between light and shadow and also an acknowledgement that both are necessary aspects of nature.