My work in Blue Island consists of fiber art, animation, etching, and natural pigment and ink painting. In terms of visual inspiration, I have a fascination with organic shapes. As a child I was always enamored by insects and plants and the strange structures that hang from trees––and once I went back inside, I was always creating. Making this and that––often out of things I found outside. This affinity for the art of the natural world only grew, and in my junior year of university I created a concentration at Fairhaven college titled “Integrative Ecological Art” that explores the intricacies of our planet in combination with fine art.

The process of creating my work begins with an interest in a specific environmental niche or organism or a unique material such as hemlock root that's become visible from erosion. I then go deep into research––research into an ecosystem or flora or fauna, and research into my material of interest and its historical uses. In my work, I tend to be detail oriented, focusing on not only the overall composition but the minute details of subjects such as petals and fish scales––I believe that those details hold worlds of their own. Many species go unnoticed, many native plants are treated as weeds and many native insects are treated as pests––but, they hold such beauty and importance to the environment.

My upbringing was in the deep woods and prairies of San Juan Island––and it was those ecosystems that raised me. I create work to capture the beauty, magic, and isolation of growing up on an island––the mysterious allure of the dunes, and the warmth of an island spring. Through my work, I aim to honor this land by visually exploring its ecology.