BIOGRAPHY:
I grew up in a rural part of New York State, stalking about the forests there in search of wonder, camera ever in hand. After graduating from high school, I bounced around the country for a few years seeking out the perfect place to spend my days. After gearing up to head to art school in Portland, Oregon, I traveled through Durango, Colorado on the way, and never left. The Southwest has fed my soul and my creativity for the past eleven years, and continues to inspire me with her endless beauty and rugged extremes.
I graduated Summa Cum Laude with an art degree from Fort Lewis College in Durango in 2007; combining my two loves: photography, and my minor: sustainable agriculture. It is in pursuing this combination that I have spent the past decade; showing my work full-time at art festivals for the past five years, while working in the studio, and slowly but surely building a little hermitage/homestead when I'm home.
While I've shown in galleries at juried shows sporadically throughout this interim, this avenue is something that I've been pursuing more actively as of late- finding that my creativity is fueled much more readily when I'm home at what has grown to become my sanctuary. I share this space with my husband, and our dogs, cats, chickens, and beloved honeybees. Life is good.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Having logged countless hours in the darkroom, I was able to refine my skills, but still found myself unable to accurately translate the many ideas that I so hoped I could share with the world. It wasn't until making the switch to digital several years ago, that I felt I had finally discovered the tool that I'd been searching for with which I could see my storytelling efforts to completion.
My intention is to blur the lines between the spirits and vitality of the natural world and human interactions- believing that every part of creation has its own unique energy and character. I feel that everyone and everything, has a unique story to tell, and that places, urban or rural, are ripe with the tales and remnants of times gone by. By juxtaposing a human element into an otherwise solitary landscape, the mere presence of a face hints at the underlying character of the place and brings its innate life-force into view.
