Artist Statement

I create abstract and representational mixed media cyanotype prints and drawings, installations and experiences that invite connection to self, family, community and ecology of place. My art is a practice of slowing down, an invitation to notice, reflect, and be present. Rich cyanotype blues, vivid watercolors, natural inks, and earthy black tea merge in layered compositions on paper, tea bags, fabric, wood, and panel.

I work with what’s around me and embrace the unexpected: materials, sites, and natural elements—sun, wind, rain, snow, soil, plants, animals or my daughters—become collaborators in an intuitive process. My practice is an evolving form of fieldwork traversing inner and outer ecologies, from Eagle Rock Lake in Questa, NM, to the banks of the Rio Grande, my garden, home, and studio.

Rural living, family life, archeology of place, seasonality and the passage of time inspire my work. Universal themes of impermanence, imperfection, and joy show up often. Daily walks cultivate wonder and curiosity, personal resilience, and a deep kinship with the more-than-human world. Through daily drawing and material experiments I explore the ties that bind us to place, each other, and the more-than-human. These rituals nurture attentiveness, invite contemplation, and fuel an ongoing inquiry into belonging, interdependence, and care.