Tell us a little bit about how you first got into creating art.
My mother had grown up making art, studied art in college, and was supportive when I was drawn to it early in life. As an only child, drawing was for me, an immediate means for entertaining myself. Creating characters and building worlds. I remember checking out “how to draw” books from the library when I was quite young and drawing has since become for me an almost second language I use to think just as well as to express myself artistically.
What artists or movements have had an impact on you?
I am influenced by Post Minimalism and Arte Povera. I am continually inspired by the work of artists Vija Celmins and Toba Khedoori.
What is your source of inspiration?
Everything, life, landscape, going to galleries and museums, reading books, listening to music...
In learning to use technology for art purposes, there's an inevitable wrestling with the tool to get the desired effect
What themes does your work involve?
Landscape, land use, infrastructure and the built environment, as well as themes exploring human relationships with non-human animals/ecosystems/and natural resources.
What is important to you about the visual experiences you create?
It varies depending on the project. Hopefully, the experience prompts questions or gets someone to look at or consider something differently.
Do you work from memory, life, photographs, or from other resources? Describe your creative process.
All of the above! I always keep a camera around to record ideas and capture images/audio/video as I go through life. I've made many works based on photographs I've taken or derived from files created from 3D models, scanned digitally, but essentially “photographed”.
I often layer imagery with printmaking and digital printing approaches so often a work has gone through many different stages before it's finished.
What is your favorite art accident? Did it change your perspective?
I appreciate the signature of something mechanical or electronic malfunctioning; bad code sent to a plotter or an image being corrupted when scanned.
In learning to use technology for art purposes, there's an inevitable wrestling with the tool to get the desired effect. I've come to respond more to the accidents, mishaps, the results of failed communication, accidental interruption, or misuse than the result produced once all the kinks have been worked out and you get exactly what you expected.
Do you have any artistic goals for the future that you would like to share?
I continue to look forward to opportunities to share my work with others and aspire to participate in more artist residencies and solo exhibitions.
