Statement:

We have a symbiotic relationship with the natural world and through print, I respond to post-industrial landscapes and the age of the Anthropocene. A dominant influence is the abandoned architectural forms around me and the naturally sourced materials: metal, concrete/ brick, vines/weeds, and native foliage. By removing any figurative element, and rather showing the post-inhabited surroundings, this work describes the footprint we leave behind on the land and explores the regrowth of the natural world after our destructive industrial influence. 

Depicted through an abandoned bunker, a place once built to create shelter from the outside world during war, a time of pain and destruction, is now in itself a symbol of the destruction humankind has done to the natural world. A landmark of our aggressive anthropocentric behaviors now symbolizing the harm we are willing to create.. Elements of decay, represented by rusted and patinated structures, demonstrate the power of nature and its cyclical properties returning these man-made structures to their original roots. Textile structures push perspective and add a sense of fluidity and comfort to the work. Using symbols of both safety and harm represented through materials, scale, and perspective pushes the viewer to shift their perspective to give time and space back to the natural world, reflecting on our evolving relationship.

The dynamic of this work reflects heavily in process; taking a matrix, forcing my hand into the work, and expecting an outcome deprived of outward influence, but almost always, inadvertently, a result of a natural decaying process. Natural colors of patinated and rusted materials symbolize the toxicity of  our wearing of time on the land. Oxidized metals onto fabrics define our need to control the environment, while fully representing the powder of nature as each printed edge pulls against its borders, taking up more space than provided. Sustainably sourced wood, metal, and solar plates connect the materiality of process to the subject that invites the viewer to slow down, feel small, and experience both our hand and the viscera of the natural world in our current ecological time.