Statement
When I step from my studio into the nearby native woods, I enter a shifting world of light and shadow. Under the canopy, I’m drawn to the mesmerizing play of dappled patterns. Back in the studio, I work from photographs to shape imagery for my paintings and prints. In the process, I discover that my enchantment with the landscape is shadowed by the realities of Climate Change.
This awareness has entered my studio, coexisting with the beauty of the forest. My work emerges from that uneasy tension. It is tempting to lose myself in the allure of the moment—the temperate coast, the gift of rain after years of drought and wildfire. Yet memory returns: the smoke, the floods, the relentless extremes. These traces of Climate Change mark the landscapes I love and shape the art I create.