It begins with place.
My work is rooted in the places I’ve lived—the lake lands of the Midwest, the Southwestern desert, the forested shores of the Pacific Northwest, ancestral landscapes of Italy—and lands urban, rural, wild that I’ve spent time in around the world. Today, I am grateful to make a home on the unceded ancestral lands of the Dxʷdəwʔabš (Duwamish) and Bəqəlšuł (Muckleshoot) peoples.
As an artist, I’m a scavenger and a mudlarker. My creative methods include pattern work, earthwork, (de)composition, (re)assembly, grafting, transplanting, constraint, and collage.
As a collective, my creative work explores the intersection of spirituality, science, philosophy, myth, and architectures of faith.
A Jack Straw Writer, Tin House alum, and graduate of Artist Trust’s EDGE Development program for literary artists, my creative practice is supported by grants, residencies, and fellowships from 4Culture, Centrum, the City of Burien, the City of Edmonds, the Civita Institute, Invoking the Pause, Jack Straw, Marble House, Mineral School, Seattle Public Library, Shunpike, Vermont Studio Center, and Willapa Bay AIR.
I’m a passionate believer in full coverage of butters, jams, and spreads on toast.