Artist Statement
Combining floral photography, woven tapestry, thread, paint & traditional handwork techniques, I make large-scale textile garden installations where flowers symbolize both the natural world & our humanity.
Using human-sized flowers as a point of connection, my work explores themes around the mending, healing and repair of people and planet, our well-being as a culture, interconnectedness, inclusivity and empathy building towards one another, the natural environment, and Earth.
These garden tapestries represent the blurred interconnectedness of our natural, social, political and emotional environments – all fragile, weakened, in need of care & solutions for repair.
Dismantled areas speak to how these environments have been coming undone “one thread at a time”, while additive threads, stitching, dyeing, patchwork are intended as gestures of mending.
The handwork is symbolic of the human choice, empathetic action & difficult labor needed to ensure the thriving, flourishing & care for all living beings within our collective, shared home.
2024
Current work & solo exhibition (Glimmer 2024) focuses on healing and integrates color therapy (chromotherapy), concepts from eco-healing, and clinical psychology to create garden environments that shift and evoke specific moods and atmospheres, supporting emotional health and promoting well-being.
Luminescent, vivid color permeates these floral tapestries as if nature is illuminated from within.
The Glimmer gardens invite us closer to nature, to connect with the human-scaled flowers, and see them as they gaze back at you - an invitation to come close to nature, slow down, be present and consider our place in community with them & each other.
Using a highly keyed color palette and human-scaled flowers, guests are led through the garden over a 24-hour period: DAWN, DAY, DUSK & NOCTURNE; to experience how different times of day with shifting light and color might also quietly transform their feelings, perception and emotional state.