As a society, we alternate between a need for technological progress and a return to nature, prompted by our desires. I am curious about our seemingly insatiable desires, which have led to the very consumption of the landscape. The grid systems of our suburban neighborhoods and socially and culturally formatted objects of consumerism have created a Western culture of a complex blend of ideologies and behaviors, amplified through media and market forces.

Our appetites have led to the gradual degradation of the landscape. The unhurried engagement of peripheral contemplation is no longer a part of the rapid pace of our lifestyles, and has been replaced with commodity pleasures. Poetry has been lost, replaced with rational thinking. Lost also are the subtleties of the human experience, and forgotten are the scarred landscapes around us.

My work allows me to engage with and clarify our involvement with the landscape. This restorative process cultivates responses as an invitation to observe and re-connect with the poetic language of our surroundings.