Artist Statement
Walking in the forest, we meander toward home.
An ancient chiaroscuro within remembers how to belong to the elements. Persimmon and cinnamon-colored autumn leaves, the white noise thunder of a waterfall, the velvet texture of deep green moss blanketing tree roots.
As an interdisciplinary artist, educator, community catalyst and environmentalist, I have explored intersections of video art, photography and digital storytelling for over 20 years. ‘Ecoartivist’ weaves elements of creative practices with natural world stewardship.
What began with sightings of red-tail hawks, a barred owl, mockingbird and a riot of fireflies in Upper Manhattan parks has morphed into a deeper integration with nature through a relocation to the Catskills.
Awe walks in the everyday of all weather seasons, become portals to wild worlds and sensory discovery zones. Trout lilies and trilliums, spring spiralic choruses of purple finches, wood thrushes and robins, wintergreen-flavored black birch twigs, and lemon-orange fungi emerging after an ephemeral rainstorm.
Foraging images and video clips as a digital artist has expanded into tactile explorations in collecting. Hand-sewn birch books, woven twig sculptures, and plant pigment watercolor experiments merge with closeup photography of lichen mandalas, frozen branch jewels, and multilayered waves of shadow patterns in video art.