Artist Statement:
Whether it is a landscape or zoomed in painting of flowers and pollinators, my art reflects the relationship between people and nature. I consider my work to be a collaboration between me and Nature; often using handmade plant-based papers and paints and wax from my bee hives. I try not only to express the interdependence between people and nature, but also the feelings evoked from my natural subject matter; the calm felt sitting on the beach; hope from a newly emerged butterfly; the gloominess felt in a grove of trees on a cloudy day. Every painting is an exploration of place, emotion and technique. I don’t always know what I will discover in the process.
