“As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an animal does; to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a bee; to feel the earth quiver and breathe beneath us; to know a hundred different smells of mud and listen unselfconsciously to the soughing of the trees.” – Valerie Andrews

“Something in the world forces us to think. This something is an object not of recognition but of a fundamental encounter.” – Gilles Deleuze

As the daughter of a gardener and the progeny of an ancestral bloodline rooted in a deep connection to the earth, my sense of self developed through a connection to nature. Unmediated by technology, my childhood world was centered around play, imagination, and exploration. My youth was magical. My sister and I spent nearly all our time outdoors, rain or shine, all seasons of the year. Crawling around on our knees, collecting bugs and tadpoles, scrambling in the trees and brush, we were free to explore and expand our minds in a yard filled with the tiny gestures of creativity, care, and the love of our father.

It comes as no surprise then that the body of my work has been largely focused on nature, the environment, the metaphysical, the cosmos, the alchemical, and witchcraft. Oral history specifically plays a key role in the development of my ideas and process as I reconnect with my early childhood memories spent outdoors exploring the natural world up close. When other children were tended to by their television sets, I was encouraged to develop my imagination. As a result, I developed an appreciation for technology rather than taking its existence in my life for granted. It is these fundamental moments developing the power of my mind to create that have shaped the artist I have become, and the trajectory of work I am invested in making. My time in the studio is an extension of this discovery, one that transports me to the childlike wonderment where everything was new, exciting and fulfilling; where boundaries are tested.

We are born with a sense of wonder and affinity for Nature, and if properly cultivated, these values can mature into ecological literacy, and eventually into ecologically sustainable patterns of living. From 2018 – 2023 I experienced a kind of creative Winter whereby by practice entered into a dormancy and the art of everyday living became the core function of my making. Ritual, manifestation, and intuition came to the forefront as I began a new chapter in my creative practice. I spent time rooting and cultivating my beliefs as an artist.