bodies in time

Using water, my work bridges our emotional and physical experiences in landscape, embracing the fluidity as a medium for remembrance, connection, and transformation. I create cyclical patterns that replicate those seen in the natural world through the interaction and movement of pigment in ocean water as it evaporates; warping the paper. This evolution is preserved in the growth of salt crystals, serving as a record of my sensual and emotional experience with a body of water, through collection and creation. Centering water as a metaphor for the unconscious, this work seeks to magnify the inherent beauty and power of the material as a means of exploration and expression.

I collect materials from ocean access points around the coast of Maine, primarily beaches that I frequented growing up. Each piece starts flat with a circle of water shaped by hand, as I am attracted to the gravity, imperfection, and meditation of the mandala. I apply various inks, pigments, and hand-crushed sediments; disrupting the water’s surface tension and illuminating the direction of movement below. Through my practice, I embrace the duality of control and surrender to merge intentional structure with organic dispersion. My process is an ever-evolving search to understand the consistent organization of matter across time, through the infinite yet centered possibilities of circular form. I draw from the work of Mary Weatherford, Eduardo Terrazas, Georgia O’Keefe, and John James Audobonn regarding color and layer, geometry, limitation, and observational science. 

I aim to create an environment of unstructured observation and stillness that invites presence and reflection. Through each individual atmosphere, I hope to draw attention to our relationship with bodies of water as a point of connection and communication. I am endlessly mesmerized by the depths of the underwater world, and as I go deeper into its mystery I find my internal world mirrored back.