SELECTED WORK - PAPER
Tomatillos
MONOCULTURESThis work examines monoculture as both ecological scar and provisional refuge. It draws from the history of human intervention in our local landscapes. These Tomatillos grow wild in my yard in Oakland, California. They are both non-native but create new habitats for my local ecosystem.
Rather than proposing restoration or purity, this work sits with the discomfort of inherited landscapes. It asks how species, including humans, continue to live, migrate, and nest within environments that no longer resemble what they once were. Monoculture becomes less a failure than a record of consequence, a living archive of decisions made long before the present moment.
Reduction woodblock print on Rives BFK
38in x 18in
2023
Tomatillos (VA with gold)
MONOCULTURESSimilar to the original print but with gold halos inspired by religious symbolism.
Reduction woodblock print on Rives BFK
38in x 18in
2023
Lupines for the Birds
MONOCULTURES
This work examines monoculture as both ecological scar and provisional refuge. It draws from the history of human intervention in our local landscapes. These Nasturtiums grow wild in my yard in Oakland, California. Often framed as invasive or corrective, the monoculture resists simple moral reading. It erases diversity while simultaneously enabling new forms of life.
Rather than proposing restoration or purity, this work sits with the discomfort of inherited landscapes. It asks how species, including humans, continue to live, migrate, and nest within environments that no longer resemble what they once were. Monoculture becomes less a failure than a record of consequence, a living archive of decisions made long before the present moment.
Reduction woodblock print on Rives BFK
30in x 15in
2023
Sundhöll Siglufjarðar
(Iceland)
MONOCULTURES
This work examines monoculture as both ecological scar and provisional refuge. It draws from the history of human intervention in Icelandic landscapes. Often framed as invasive or corrective, the monoculture resists simple moral reading. It erases diversity while simultaneously enabling new forms of life.
Rather than proposing restoration or purity, this work sits with the discomfort of inherited landscapes. It asks how species, including humans, continue to live, migrate, and nest within environments that no longer resemble what they once were. Monoculture becomes less a failure than a record of consequence, a living archive of decisions made long before the present moment.
Reduction woodblock print on Rives BFK
30in x 15in
2023
Lupine
MONOCULTURESThis work examines monoculture as both ecological scar and provisional refuge. It draws from the history of human intervention in Icelandic landscapes, where a single introduced species, lupine, spread rapidly across damaged ground, replacing lost forests with a uniform, purple skin. Often framed as invasive or corrective, the monoculture resists simple moral reading. It erases diversity while simultaneously enabling new forms of life.
Rather than proposing restoration or purity, this work sits with the discomfort of inherited landscapes. It asks how species, including humans, continue to live, migrate, and nest within environments that no longer resemble what they once were. Monoculture becomes less a failure than a record of consequence, a living archive of decisions made long before the present moment.
Reduction woodblock print on Rives BFK
30in x 15in
2023
40 Degree Day
40 Degree Day shows an indoor houseplant living in a carefully controlled world. Kept alive through routine and attention, it grows without weather, season, or choice. Its form repeats, steady and contained.
The plant becomes a small, domestic monoculture, shaped by care and convenience, quietly adapting to an artificial calm.
Reduction woodblock print on Rives BFK
17in x 28in
2023
Stained glass
EARLY WORKCyanotype on washi
30x44in
2016
Bubble Wrap
EARLY WORKWoddblock on cyanotype on Rives BFK
15x30in
2016