artist statement
I am a photographic artist, using mixed media and alternative processes to explore the interplay of life and death, dark and light. Using a rotating collection of bones, snakeskins, feathers, curiosities from friends, antiquities and taxidermy, I draw inspiration from everything I see and touch, always studying life around me like a quiet shadow. My photographs are rarely planned, posed, or digitally altered, and I rely on my curiosity about the unknown to be my perpetual guide to authentic self-expression. My wonderment comes to life on paper – lasting impressions of a singular voyeur. I feel like i have only scratched the surface on my artistic journey.
Much of my work was born from my personal journey with Alzheimer’s. For the last decade, I have cared for my father while he slipped further through our fingertips with each passing day. This experience has plumbed new depths of my self discovery and has left an indelible and rippling imprint on my heart and my art.
It is in water that I feel truly at home, allowing my mercurial visions to dance in the undulating movements, much like the mysterious octopus shape-shifts along the ocean floors. Summers are spent shooting in the pool where I capture the echoes of my dreams that seep into my waking life. Winters are spent collecting and exploring the beauty of quiet decay in my studio.
On a day to day basis, I work the land on a ranch in Texas and care for my beloved animals.
I am stretching my wings. Come fly with me and bloom in the midst of this chaotic life.
sublime + sensual truths
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