Artist Statement

I reject the expectation to package my artistic practice into a neat and tidy narrative. Instead, I offer this:

1. I don’t come from an artist family or independent wealth. I was well on my way to becoming a biologist when I picked up a camera for the first time.

2. The scientific method has influenced my practice just as much as any artist, work, or movement, and it continues to validate my theory that art, like science, is inherently experimental.

3. I typically work with moving images, but that hasn’t always been the case and it might not always be so.

4. While I often make reflexive, experimental documentaries about ecology, place, and human relationships with and to the environment, I’m open to other subjects and approaches, and I acknowledge that my interests will expand and evolve over time.

5. My films are not easily categorizable because I often work across multiple modes (experimental, documentary, animation, new media) and with multiple media types (digital video, VHS, 16mm film, satellite imagery).

6. Most recently, I’ve shifted into making sculptures that combine manmade, plastic-based film materials with sustainably harvested botanical specimens.

7. As an artist-activist, I’m currently engaged in environmental justice and advocacy work around climate change, ecosystem conservation, regenerative agriculture, and more.

8. Ultimately, I want my work to not simply raise consciousness but cultivate gratitude, reverence, and a renewed sense of responsibility for our wondrous and rapidly changing world.