Sway. Shift, an ongoing series, comprises shifting, layered, abstract landscapes using transparent materials and projected lights to create contemplative, meditative spaces. In these map-like sculptural objects reminiscent of fantastical hybrid plant species, material and form coalesce into an abstract visual language of color, transparency, translucency, and reflectivity.

 Inspired by nature and natural processes such as energy flow and nutrient cycles, my creative practice is rooted in my personal experiences growing up by the ocean. For the past several years I have developed my work to echo patterned beauty and shaped cycles of plant evolution. Focusing on the underwater environment, my work often explores how issues of seaweed cultivation, ocean farming and food security can improve our lives.

 My process often begins with collecting seaweed and creating pressings in community settings- incorporating the act of nurturing and stewardship into the creative process as a way to connect personal, community and universal themes. Disparate elements intersect to evoke ancient and contemporary rituals and cycles of growth, consumption, renewal and reflection.

 I work with layered, synthetic materials and light to echo organic processes as a way to visualize our relationship to the environment and more broadly- our place in the universe.  Each work is a personal meditation that gives material presence to intangible, fleeting ideas and notions.

All works pictured below are mixed media sculptural wall constructions created from various combinations of plexiglas, birch plywood, adhesive gels, Mylar, acrylic paint and mediums, urethane, with found, up-cycled and repurposed items—mined from my studio and beyond.

Dimensions vary with lighting conditions and therefore artworks often transform with each installation.