As an artist and native plant garden designer I seek to understand how landscapes function with and without humans, and the value of our collective emotional connection to nature.

This need to dissect the emotional connection we have to the earth while simultaneously destroying it takes up many of my waking hours. Years filled with protest, political unrest, and community have shown me the polarity of our world, but have also emboldened me to seek the devotion and tenderness people have for others (and others beyond humans). My work on the page comments on the mundane elements of life in the time of war, natural disasters, attacks on human rights, and climate change. Utilizing nature, landscape, political rhetoric, and personal/borrowed text, my aim is to relay the power our surroundings have on us while simultaneously sharing the intimacy of angst, loss, and our relationships to others.

My work in the garden I see as a collaboration with nature and our intricate ecosystems rather than against. I take my approach to painting and printmaking with me when designing a garden; with layers, swaths of color, and a fondness for creating connection and joy where both humans and nature need it most.