hello…
I am an artist with a multi-disciplinary studio practice rooted in Portland, Maine, heavily inspired by both natural and cultivated ecosystems. All paintings and objects are made by hand in my studio. Originally a painter and printmaker, after a short stint living and working overseas I returned stateside to pursue my graduate degree at Cranbrook Academy of Art just outside of Detroit, Michigan. I have been working and living in Portland since my return. After a career as a jeweler and time spent working for architecture & design firms, I returned to painting and drawing. In 2018 I began my ongoing “intimate universe” body of work and I continue to integrate my creative practices around this theme today.”
An itinerant maker, strongly aligned with walking and adventuring in the field with fellow avocational & professional botanists and mycologists, I often bring home small fragments of the natural world to my studio. I investigate these treasures, teasing out the patterns, structure or movement that fascinate me. When I am not working in the studio I can be found enjoying nearby or far-flung hiking trails in any season, often on my knees photographing something small and wonderous. I also enjoy foraging/digging in the earth to harvest matsutake in the rich duft of pine/hemlock or picking berries in the heat of summer. I look longingly at other’s well-tended gardens but I am learning to love the imperfect re-wilded half-acre of native “weeds” in our yard and the creatures it brings. Our two children have fled the nest and are making a better world, from their own respective nests.
“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.“
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
