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Both as a studio and as an environmental artist, I explore the power of the imagination and memory to direct environmental action. My paintings and videos emphasize species affected by global climate change and habitat destruction by representing the animal independent of human uses. Through aesthetic and ecological interventions, I work to reclaim urban ecosystems by reconnecting participants and visitors to nature in their own neighborhoods through the revitalization of degraded green spaces.

In a quest for direct experiences and a deeper understanding of environmental issues to inform my work, I accompanied respected scientists and naturalists as they studied the Northern Australian Rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef, and Galapagos Islands (through organizations such as the Earthwatch Institute). I swam with dwarf minke whales at the Great Barrier Reef, walked among fearless marine iguanas in the Galapagos Islands, and observed fruit bat colonies in Queensland, Australia. By witnessing these animals at close range and in their own habitat, I glimpsed lives as largely separate from a human context, and discovered behavior that seemed to confirm the observation of Charles Darwin that “the difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, is certainly one of degree and not of kind.”

I have drawn inspiration from the enchantment and curiosity exhibited in historical naturalist paintings from a variety of artistic traditions. My work departs from strict naturalistic representation, however, and reflects a sensory experience of place, filtered through emotion and memory. Saturated color and exaggerated form and scale more closely represent my sensory experience than an image captured by mechanical means. Through paintings of individual species, I can make visible aspects of the minute, the remote, and the rare, in much the same way that naturalist artists of the past recorded the novelty of unusual life.