Water sustains life. It comprises 60% of our bodies and 70% of the planet's surface. It is pliable, changing its form to fit its container. Yet, it also shapes stone and land over time. It exists in all states: solid, liquid, and gas. It is powerful. I am interested in water's properties, its beauty, its importance to our ecosystems on every scale.
I am interested in water's role in global warming: melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and the quickening loss of this blue-gold. My work takes the form of ice, as sculpture, as printmaking ink, and documented in photograph and video.
This work with ice began with concern for Glacier National Park. Glaciers are melting in Glacier National Park and all over the world. By 2030 or sooner, it is estimated that Glacier National Park will be without glaciers. This landscape is changing mainly because of global warming and these changes have far-reaching implications. I focus on representing the change that is taking place without directly discussing its causes, while making its implications more personal.
