The Ash Will Settle, but the Oil Can't be Put Back, Solo Exhibition, Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio
Studio support for many of these pieces was provided by the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation.
As I consider my personal, and collective experiences with loss, disease, and grief I create installations using paper, light, shadow, and now exploring the addition of sound. My recent bodies of work have been heavily influenced by dystopia themes, and the exploration of an oasis of escapism. I use paper altered through hand cutting, deeply blind embossing, and printing with ink to create organic forms. Light is invited into my work to activate fluorescent layers of paint and ink creating fluorescent shadows, and silhouettes through transparent papers. My work creates an awe-invoking, and eerie experience as I draw most of my inspiration from the climate crisis and current ecological events and disasters like coral bleaching, oil spills, and the release of radioactive waste products back into the environment.
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