The ordinary, extraordinary
I appreciate finding humor in our everyday world, and in the artifacts that define our strange existence. I’m inspired by cultures that challenge my reality, rearrange my thinking, and stretch my horizons.
I like exploring relationships between the sacred and the profane. I enjoy playing with the tensions of visual and conceptual juxtapositions, creating relationships that question or expand on their previous contexts. Combining images exposes new threads of connection, allowing for fresh stories and open-ended questions.
With a camera
I love exploring and finding photos that strike my curiosity and humor.
When taking pictures, my ability to see shifts and expands. I perceive things extracted from their contexts, and thus fresh and new.
Unfamiliar environments open me to this state. In the natural world, I can get lost in the character of rocks and trees. Around people, making pictures becomes the means of engaging with communities and their worlds. Sometimes through conversation, I get the stories about what I am seeing, otherwise, I just create my own.
With scissors in hand
Pulling elements out of their original context, I can rearrange things until something strikes a chord or makes me laugh. I encourage viewers to find their own interpretations and to reflect on their own place in this mysterious world, at a time when the fragility of our planet and humanity is so apparent.
History
I’ve shown my photography, collages and image transfers in Seattle, been published by The Stranger, and produced a series of photography books entitled USED. In collage work, I found focus and much-needed humor throughout the last few years’ pandemic challenges and relative confinement.
My background includes graphic design, illustration and animation. I live in Seattle, WA.