artist
statement
My work focuses on the ties between human existence and extinction. In fact it is our very existence that can be viewed as the reason there are so many environmental concerns. Hence most of my work focuses on the implied presence of people within landscapes. I want to place us directly into these dystopian worlds which I see as our potential future. The viewer has the freedom to interpret how our overconsumption and over indulgence has led to ecological crises on land and in water. Companies increasingly find ways to produce more consumer goods for cheaper and cheaper costs in the United states have led to more plastic in food packaging, more personal digital devices, more cars. More has led simply, to more…
My works are a hybrid of realism and abstraction because I want people to feel these images represent a real possibility, yet remember it is only a possibility and we can always change the future. It is important that the imagery along with the colors be lushly seductive . I want viewers to be easily drawn in. The work should push us to consider what we can do to help slow and eventually stop the rate at which we are destroying our planet. While the earth will not cease to exist due to our actions; people will.
