My work juxtaposes traditional craft and artisanal techniques with non-traditional materials to examine mankind’s drive to modify itself as well as its environment. By examining the convergence of biology and product design to create new cultural artifacts I explore dynamic social constructions of need, design, and individual desire.

My current work predominantly revolves around several bodies of interconnected work. The series of designer pet skulls emphasize man’s hand in the design and creation of his environment and its inhabitants. Each is realistic in form but hand carved from solid industrial acrylic block and painstakingly polished to a clear, high gloss resembling crystal or ice sculpture. Relearning embroidery and crochet techniques originally learned in childhood, I’ve been filling my own “hope chest” with off-kilter reflections on biology, fertility, and the ever-changing roles of women. Fascinated with women’s traditional use of fiber-craft to provide safety and comfort, I’ve also been crocheting tiny suits for pigeons that disguise them as extinct birds, thereby (visually) increasing urban biodiversity and soothing environmental fears.

In the last 3 years since quitting my job as a park ranger to focus solely on art, my work has shown in India, London, New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and San Francisco, where I currently have a studio in the Compound 21 collective. In addition to my own work I regularly collaborate with Andy Diaz Hope, as well as other artists, on projects and installations.