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My practice embodies states of transition and impermanence
and explores the relationship humans have with the natural
environment and our desire to control nature. In Darwinian
fashion, my fascination with plant and animal ecosystems
has to do with the utter sophistication of their functionality.
My work deals with the presentation and postulation of the
systems that exist in a biological framework and a fabricated
one, specifically targeted to reveal the parts of these frameworks
that are unseen or not readily revealed to humans.
Through the collection and manipulation of these materials,
my process entails speeding up certain naturally occurring
processes and introducing materials that promote growth.
I then utilize plastic, light, and heat to increase or decrease
these reactions. They become collections of data reflective
of the invisible world. Paintings acting as preservations,
records, exaggerations, and reveries are created through
observing these collections. They postulate the possibility
of hybrid organisms; acting as a framework for interspecies
collaborations and an homage to a fascination with ecological
phenomena as it progresses in the world’s current
Anthropocene state.
FLY GLUE-PIT TRAP (missing: Venus), 2019. Plastic,
flies (Drosophila melanogaster, Muscidae) moth,
silkworm, soil (with fertilizer), Hunter’s Fly
Glue-Pit, echinacea, mold, chicory root, staples,
canvas. 18 × 13 × 2 in.
Slide 2 (Primordial Sludge), 2019. Oil stick and yupo on
panel. 60 × 48 × 1.5 in.