Human perception of the environment affects how we understand climate change, the degradation of the environment, and also its restorative potential. My creative research aims to shift perceptions of natural resources and climate systems like wind and water in order to attune viewers to the agency of the natural world. Recent projects explore the layered history of places in order to bring contemporary viewers into closer relationships with those places. How do we see the history embedded in the landscape while remaining present? How does the environment affect us, and how do we physically and emotionally respond to environmental changes?
My art often combines found objects and rubbings with print media and digital technologies like photography and video to allow for alternative contexts and scales. Printmaking allows my projects to seamlessly incorporate photography, found objects, drawings, and historic printed matter. The multiplication potential of print allows me to create immersive installations with dozens of prints and artist books. The layering process involved in creating prints speaks to the layered histories my works often explore. Through the use of printed matter and artist books I am able to create works that engage with the lived environment and challenge our existing perceptions of it.
