I am a mixed-media painter based in New England whose work bears witness to ecological trauma. I combine scientific data and text with figurative, symbolic, and archival imagery to examine how evidence, culture, and history shape humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world.
I adapt pre-scientific conceptions about Nature as narrative frameworks for 21st century ecological crises, repurposing mythological archetypes as embodiments of distress. Archival texts and images function as cultural artifacts that reveal the historic roots of contemporary issues, while handwritten fragments of scientific research document the unequivocal realities of ecological decline. Gestural marks in wet and dry media transform stark data into expressionistic symbols.
My practice explores how information can engage both heart and mind. Through a multilayered visual language and interdisciplinary approach, I address the physical trauma of environmental disasters, the emotional trauma of eco-anxiety, and the cognitive trauma of overwhelming information. My aim is to foster awareness of the challenges facing all organisms in this century of unprecedented ecological change.
Sharing professional resources for climate-related mental health is part of my practice.