Terra
Geologies of Memory
Geologies of Memory We live in landscapes continuously shaped by geologic forces that are built upon memory. Through time, every moment on the land is collected in specks and pieces. Secrets are embedded in layers that build or sink and are made of plant and animal, dust and sunlight, wind and rain. Visual patterns emerge or are buried, like thoughts and memories and dreams that we animals have in our brief moment on earth. Symmetry, meanders, cracks, and other textures appear. They both describe order and are conduits for recollection. Unspoken languages and histories reside in these patterns. We love them for their beauty and we use them for our purposes. We mine and shape these land memories stored as peat, oil, metal and gas. We share collective memories of bright sun on the mountains, reflections in a lake, the sound of rocks tumbling down an incline, or the color of dirt. We see the shapes of this place and we are part of this place, this living and wild landscape. We will return to the dust that becomes the landforms here too. We will be absorbed into the patterns of moments in the land itself. All we are, our experience and our memories from our time forever joining with those of the land, intertwined and building this place we call home, together in a living landscape of memory.
synthetic polymer paints and mediums, tailored paper, printed photographs – on board & canvas
Deep Time
Deep TimeBackcountry en plein air developed mountainscapes from the Wrangell St. Elias National Park, north fork of the Goat River glacier and Kiagna River glacier expeditions.
synthetic polymer paints and mediums, graphite, gold leaf – on canvas board
Spring Melt
Spring Melt From the smallest puddle to the expansive landscape of the Arctic, melting waters in the spring are often full of life and movement and change every day.
synthetic polymer paints and mediums – on board
Semaphore
SemaphoreWhat is the language our landscapes speak, what are the secrets they hold, and how do we decode their messages?
encaustic and oil – on board
Hypothetical Mountains
Hypothetical Mountains Explorations of low-polygon form mountains.
encaustic mixed media – on board
Large Spaces
Large Spaces Location-based low-polygon form mountains.
synthetic polymer paints and mediums, graphite – on board.
Subterranean
SubterraneanUnseen underworld.
synthetic polymer paints and mediums, ink – on board.
