From the moment I walked into my first art museum as a kid, I knew art would be my path. Drawing inspiration from nature and climate change, I transform discarded materials into works that speak to environmental stewardship. I source and incorporate materials like paper, plastic, rust, tea, even fallen branches from hurricanes, stumps from diseased trees I've lost. Anything cast off can be repurposed. I embrace labor-intensive processes, like shredding decades of tax papers to create bricks that build magical, transformative spaces.

Nothing I use is precious, it is the process of transformation that gives these materials meaning. Old cultures and their reverence for nature guide my work, along with the belief that we should be stewards of the earth. Drawing from ancient cultures that revered the spiral as a symbol of life, some of my recent installations have incorporated different methods that honor trees living and dead. These installations invite people to revere trees, to honor their environment, to take care of the world around them despite the messaging of the disposable culture we live in today.

I'm deeply concerned with how we relate to our environment and the things we discard. How do we take care of trees that are dead? How do we honor what's been lost? How do we recognize value in what others throw away? Through my installations, sculptures, and drawings, I want people to see differently, to understand that taking care of things matters. There's profound satisfaction in knowing I'm reusing something, that it doesn't get thrown away. This belief in taking care of things, in giving discarded materials another chance through my labor-intensive process and connecting it with those who experience my art is deeply fulfilling. It's why I do what I do, transforming the forgotten into something that can be revered.