Artist Statement

Science and art are two main interests of mine, and in this work, I see them combined in imaginative ways. Nature, biology and technology have much to teach us and are venues to our expanded sense of humanity. With a conscious nod to archival research, my work scratches the surface of what may be and what is possible.

My new collage work explores the relationship between the Boston Harbor Islands, indicator species such as the Candida beetles, and the use and development of local environments. The collage form is one of transformation and transition, and suggests an unfixed state, or an incompleteness, in the progress of becoming something more. These speculative works depict the interactions of my interests and articulate a philosophical framework of transformation and fluidity. By embracing the ideas of variety and change, these works allow for a multiplicity of subjects in various stages of alteration.  This generative process is central to the practice of collage, but also a hopeful position to view our continued evolution as a species.

Archival materials courtesy of the University Archives and Special Collections Department, Joseph P. Healey Library, University of Massachusetts Boston, Thompson Island Collection.