My work is a combination of printed matter, collaborative publication, community projects, and alternative processes that examine our relationship to nature: nature as armor, nature as sanctuary, and the intersection between the imaginary and the concrete.
Deep ecology and the theory of indistinguishability and glitch as a mode of disruption inform my conceptual and material explorations. Being present in nature is an essential part of my studio practice where I recharge, observe, document, and collect. My current archive from these excursions contains more than 12,0000 artifacts and includes photographs, drawings, handwritten notes, and found objects. I deconstruct, alter, and collage elements of the archive to create the imagery present in my prints and publications.
Theory of indistinguishability concerns itself with the removal of barriers between the self and the other. I approach Indistinguishability through the merging of my body with nature. This print is part of a series of works that are an exploration into the creation of my own natural habitat. One that is carefully curated and disrupted with hidden layers of narrative. It asks questions associated with place, memory, and our relationship to the natural world. I delicately recreate plant structures that are reminiscent of moments of memory and contrast them with artificial color schemes and a sense of stillness. A stillness that I experience when transversing the woods.