ARTIST STATEMENT

“My artistic practice is based on exploring the rich textures and colors of the natural world and discovering surprising relationships in the visual language of paper that has outlasted its original purpose. Collecting and curating material from a rich archive of discarded magazines, catalogs, and calendars, I transform the material afterlife of our fleeting day-to-day interests into layered creations that inhabit the space between representation and abstraction. Through an intuitive process grounded in curiosity and pleasure, I translate colors, textures, and patterns into striking natural landscapes and finely rendered flora and fauna, inviting viewers to look closer and appreciate the unexpected beauty of discarded and de-contextualized paper.”