ARTservancy 2025
This work was created during my 2025 ARTservancy residency at Huiras Lake State Natural Area. I spent the year walking, observing, and documenting its unique landscape of lake, hardwood forest, conifer swamp and open prairie, a source of endless inspiration and depth. Working primarily with paint, collage, and mixed media, I allowed the environment to guide my practice both visually and conceptually, shaping a new body of work that responds directly to this space. These repeated encounters were then translated into tactile, abstract compositions shaped by seasonal shifts, enduring plant life, and the textures of the land.
Using rubbings, photographic references, laser-cut forms, and layered materials, I constructed surfaces that reflect both the physical environment and my evolving relationship to it. The work is not a literal record of the site, but a series of fragmented reflections rooted in memory, material, and sustained attention, and a reminder to slow down and consider the value of protected natural spaces.
