As a child, much of my time was spent outside in the woods. In these woods I examined, collected, surveyed, imagined and played. This “play” led to learning and inspired me to want to know more about the things around me. During my years studying biology and chemistry I was drawn to the small, delicate and fragile aspects of life. This knowledge and the experiences of my childhood instilled in me a deep respect for nature. My growing concern for our ecological problems led me to art to visualize these issues in hopes of bringing awareness.

These problems affect the stability of our parks and protected areas. They act differently than the types of problems that set forth protecting these areas (logging, poaching, mining, etc…). These problems cannot be controlled by boundaries are global and their affects are caused and felt from miles away. If these problems continue at their current rate, our parks and protected areas will exist as fabricated, manipulated, pseudo-wildernesses. We will have left our mark within, on, and around the landscape, no matter how removed geographically it might be from us.

I continually merge the scientific evidence of these issues with my biology background as inspiration for my artwork. The merger of science and art as well as bringing awareness to environmental issues is the main focus of my work. The aim of my work is not to evoke change in regards to these issues. It is to constantly add to the visual vocabulary in hopes change will occur.