Endangered
This body of work began with collaged landscapes exploring forms and narratives related to nature, animals and luxury. In this work, I analyze patterns in development, population loss, land-use and climate change through layers of printmaking, painting, photography and drawing. The imagery is garnered from personal experiences with collaged elements from magazines and the internet. The various collaged elements, taken from magazines like Vogue or Martha Stewart, depict places of luxury and an appreciation for manicured nature, but these are not proper eco-systems for life to thrive and are available only to an exclusive, wealthy few.
Stegosaurus is extinct; charcuterie is fashionable. 2020
Oil and mixed media on plywood
48 in W x 24 in H
Black Rhino, 2019
Collage and collagraph
11 in W x 16 in H
Atlantic Cod, 2019
Collage and gouache
11 in W x 15 in H
Harlequin Toad, 2019
Collage, drawing, gouache and marbling
15 in W x 11 in H
Venus, 2019
Collage, drawing and marbling
15 in W x 11 in H
Blue Footed Boobies are endangered; Harlequin Toad, now extinct. Rabbit is distraught. 2020
Oil and mixed media on plywood
48 in W x 24 in H
Snow Leopard, 2019
Collage, drawing and marbling
11 in W x 15 in H
Cod in the water, 2019
Collage and marbling
11 in W x 15 in H
Sea Turtle, 2019
Collage, painting and marbling
15 in W x 11 in H
Stegosaurus, 2019
Collage, painting and marbling
15 in W x 11 in H
Arctic Ice holds 10% of the world’s fresh water; melting glaciers alter the ocean through sea level rise and by changing Thermo Haline Circulation (ocean currents.) 2021
Oil and mixed media on plywood
48 in w X 24 in h
Crown Jewels, 2019
Oil on birch plywood
12 in W x 12 in H
Stage Set Tapestry 1, for Feast: a ballet. Of Bats, Blue Footed Boobies, Penguins and other threatened fauna and flora. Pastoral landscape after Rubens, 2020
Oil and mixed media on muslin
10 feet W x 5.5 feet H (installed at the Massillon Museum, 2020)