Over the years, I’ve grown increasingly curious about the nature of consumption and waste. Waste is integral to all living things. While nature has incredible solutions for its debris, humans are particularly bad with waste – many of our items end up in landfills, or worse, the environment, rather than being looped into reuse.

In a feeble, yet empowering attempt to gain control over my personal patterns of consumption and waste, I decided to move to a zero waste studio. This has resulted in a fascinating and challenging journey. I have woven, melted, sculpted, and painted many kinds of single use plastics, becoming acutely aware of its insidious presence throughout the process.

Add to these challenges the monumental expedition of motherhood, and even more complexities emerge. As a mother, I’m faced with daily, guilt-ridden decisions about how to feed and care for my children, while trying to protect the planet, while navigating limited time and energy. The weight of this balance fuels the themes for my work.

Currently I shift between time-intensive creations combining plastics, paintings, and tree debris, and more time efficient watercolor paintings. With both mediums I address the similar themes – the intersection of nature and synthetic waste, and the experience of a mother’s body and mind.