Environmental Renderings

Nature embraces her own time. The tides rise and subside. The seasons come and go as do the migrations. The trees know to let go of their withering leaves to make room for new growth, reminding me that there will come a season when I too must let go of the burdens that I have carried for so long.

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspired by the many lessons which I have learned from the natural world, these environmental renderings pay homage to the glorious moments when the simplicity and order of nature declares itself wiser than the complex intelligence of the world we build around us. Using materials found on site, I embellish God's sanctuary as an offering of peace and gratitude.

Giving respect to the ephemeral qualities of these materials that will be reclaimed by nature in due time, I consider the ways in which this process describe the way that we are asked, sometimes forced, to reorient ourselves as we are planted in new surroundings. These works speak on the temporality and of life, specifically for those who are in search of relief, healing, home, and sanctuary.

Narrow Way, 2024, Zion, UT

Lead us into the land of uprightness., 2024, Zion, UT

Fear Not., 2024, Zion, UT

Ensō After Ensō, 2017, Healdsburg, CA

Mending These Wounds, 2017, Healdsburg, CA

As Good As Gold, 2017, Snoqualmie, WA. Be free, Belle.

Fleck, 2016, Albuquerque, NM

Bathing Our Wings, 2015, Newport Beach, CA

Whole, 2014, Newport Beach, CA

Belle's Cells, 2014, San Diego, CA. Another prayer for my dear sister, Kelly, her strengthening bones, and her growing cells.

A Thread Runs Through Us All, 2014, Laguna Beach, CA

A Prayer for Belle, 2014, Corona del Mar, CA

This piece is dedicated to my dear friend and Soul Sister Kelly, who is and always has been dedicated to the pursuit of life, and is currently determined to defeat cancer for the second time. If you are reading this, I hope that you will consider taking a moment to send some warm thoughts and prayers her way. Very truly, thank you.