As a post-consumer artifactist, I am able to engage my drive to make art while expressing
my passion for nature and environmental conservation.

My images reflect the experiences I have had and the meanings I make interacting
with natural and built environments.

 Using post-consumer waste, artifacts from consumer life, my artwork
integrates origin and inspiration. From the earth we generate materials for our
everyday life and here I explore fitting those materials back into landscape to
inspire thought about humans in the environment.

Landscape is at the core of my imagery and the characteristics of my post-consumer
artifacts magnify different aspects of specific environments, from the density
of paper pulp and plastics creating rock-like textures to the filtration of
light through plastic packaging, paint, and paper. Working with these materials
feels like the truest way to fulfill my need to make artwork without generating excess.

 This work is a reflection on everyday consumption and my desire to make more concise
and truthful decisions about our impacts on the world around us. For me, in a
sense, this practice "closes the loop".   I never tire of exploring the
potential of consumer artifacts to emphasize different aspects of the world in which we live.