I have a background in sculpture, and I now primarily work in the mediums of sculpture and drawing. In both of these, I’m interested in the slightest transformation or repetitive mark that might give an unexpected reading to an otherwise prosaic object or geometric form out in the world. I have a particular interest in working with diverse materials and objects, often in reference to plants, to explore histories and the role of imagination.

In my drawings, I explore both the artefacts and the vegetation found in various locations I inhabit as a starting point for developing a series of works. I have an ongoing series of “drain drawing” works that I have made from urban drains/sewers/manhole covers in locations including Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, New York City, along with London, England, and Otranto, Italy.

Another series of drawings come out of my interest in native plants. The leaf silhouette drawings explore my interest in fairytale narratives, nature, and location. The silhouettes are made from the tracings of leaves in particular local settings.

I am fascinated by the detail of pattern and design found in urban and natural environments, which I recognize as one way that we become entranced by things in the world. My drawings are often made with accumulations of repeated marks that create optical fields within an image. This mode of representation as a sign of entrancement was certainly recognized by some early-twentieth-century illustrators, including Harry Clarke and Kay Nielsen, as a way to evoke thresholds of magical or psychically transformative experiences. I have used these processes for a series of plant drawings based on the beach/maple virgin forest that surrounds my house in Cincinnati.