My interest in creating stems from the dichotomy between the natural world and man’s impact on the land. My work reflects these relationships and the landscapes of the Columbia Basin in Washington State and Upstate New York, both places of space, exploration, and natural wonder.

The current series of cyanotypes is created with foraged botanicals. The cyanotype is an antique photographic process where the chemistry is hand-mixed and painted onto watercolor paper. Each piece is one-of-a kind, archival, and saturated with the classic 'cyanotype' blue and the contrasting white silhouette of the object.

The watercolor and oil paintings explore several themes: Audubon's birds of prey, migratory bird species that are local to the area, and textural process. Other projects incorporate the adaptive reuse of materials, such as the photographic series "All New Materials," which documents the transformation of discarded stuffed animals into animal hides.

I am from Washington State. I have a Master of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology (2007, Photography) and a Bachelor of Arts from Western Washington University (2001, Mixed Media – Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture). I currently live in Upstate New York.