
ARTIST STATEMENT

My work explores the relationship between memory and place through the language of plants. Drawn from both present-day observation and recollections of landscapes that have shaped my life, each botanical form becomes a vessel for personal history rather than a simple record of nature.
Working as a mixed media painter, I build each piece through layers that reveal and conceal, much like memory itself. My paintings often begin with hand-created cyanotype imagery that becomes one layer within a larger mixed media composition. As the surface evolves through acrylic, ink, and other materials, the process becomes intuitive and accumulative, allowing images to emerge as fragments of experience, observation, and reflection intertwine.
The plants I return to are never chosen at random. They are quiet markers of the places that have influenced me—echoes of home, moments of transition, and landscapes that continue to shape how I see the world. Through these layered paintings, I invite viewers to consider the ways nature becomes intertwined with memory, carrying both personal and shared narratives across time.