My sculpture brings raw, natural materials into the gallery space, reassesses their forms, and calls for an acute and urgent recognition of the calamity caused by human action upon the environment. The natural materials are collected by hand locally and all steel sculpture is fabricated by me to investigate themes of claim, women's labor and permanence.

My installations are site specific explorations that examine the tenuous, dynamic relationship between nature and humanity. Viewers physically navigate their path and their connections to nature in site specific installations that often incorporate sculpture, sound, and video. 

My land artworks explore humanity's interruption of the land through writing, installation works, performance art, and video. Over the past two years, a series of three land art works were created on a section of Maryland's Patuxent River managed by a dam, evidence that the earthworks will disappear when the dam reopens. The artworks were submerged like many of the Mid-Atlantic prehistoric petrogyphs that were destroyed for hydroelectric projects. The public's view from the bridge transformed the digging process into performance art. A written and spoken word piece accompanies the series. A 28-page book (long form poem) will be published in 2023 by Akinoga Press based on these works. 

Four environmental performance artworks,  supported by a grant from The Puffin Foundation, explored humanity's movement around nature. The performances focused on themes of indigenous lands, wildfires, and invasive species.  

Two new large scale land art projects also began in 2021: the Maine Mine Core Sample Project and Washington College's Solo Exhibition "Pry" with indoor and outdoor installations opening in January 2022. 

Writing is a critical aspect of my artistic process. From making lists to verse, written word serves as a companion to the themes of my sculptural work as I source local materials.  After publishing in numerous international literary journals, my poetry collection was published by Baltimore-based Akinoga Press this year and translated into an audiobook.  In 2020, I was honored to be a Writer-in-Residence with Baltimore's Yellow Arrow Publishing.  

Since August 2021, I have worked with teams of scientists, indigenous tribes, and community members on the Maine Mining Core Sample Project. I was invited by Smithereen Farm in Pembroke, Maine to create large scale artworks using 20,000 rock core samples to support their Maine Clean Water campaign. Close to Canada, the entire town depends upon clean water for their economy, health, & environment. I’m working with scientists, researchers, community members & indigenous tribes through the year.
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A mining company is attempting to reopen the mine in the town, where these original samples came from. Mines obliterate the water supply & surrounding environment, so the project is geared toward environmental justice. After researching mines and geology speaking with scientists from the Urban Soils Institute, learning from meetings with Passamaquoddy tribe members and exploring land and community on site in Pembroke, I am building a model for exploratory artworks that advocate for environmental justice. 

The exhibition will have two parts: an outdoor, community based installation in the heart of Pembroke and a traveling gallery component.
Exhibitions include:
-Maryland Institute College of Art (June 2022) outdoor labyrinth
-Alchemy of Art Gallery (June 2022)
-Hamiltonian Gallery (DC) (December 2022)
-University of Southern Maine (January 2023)
 
Outdoor installation:
-Labyrinth at te main quad at MICA open to the community
-Labyrinth at the main Pembroke triangle open to the community
Northeastern Indigenous tribes consider labyrinths to be a means for humanity to connect to a source: when someone walks through, it's a gesture of gratitude to the earth. Since the rocks were taken from the land by the mining company, returning the rock to the soil would signify healing. At the center of town, this interactive installation would be at the heart of the community and pull people to the venues at the town center.