Spending a significant amount of time immersed in nature is essential to my foundation and is where I feel most grounded. Our climate and overall temperatures are shifting and the data fascinates me.
Focusing on mapping the natural landscape, my work is a documentation of the perpetually changing elements within our topography. I recreate geographic patterns that I find, and then layer them to make up a new series of abstracted terrain. This morphing of forms incorporates imagery drawn from diverse natural phenomena including weather systems and changing weather patterns, topographic map lines, animal migration patterns, cellular structures, networking graphs, water movement patterns, lichen on boulders, rock and ice formations, and wind and cloud formations.
I am particularly drawn to the recurring nature of these patterns, recognizing inherent similarities in their fundamental elements. The interplay between geometric and organic forms is central to my process. Through the application of multiple layers of paint, ink, pigment, and acrylic mediums, a sense of scale emerges, oscillating between the micro and the macro. Some layers are poured, allowing for chance and uncontrolled effects, while others are more structured to create deliberate, mapped responses to the underlying surfaces. The contrast and flow within these overlapping elements reflect my experience of the dynamic landscape we inhabit and underscore the urgent need for climate preservation in our ever-changing world.