Nature is fascinating in so many ways: evolution, adaptation, and change are intricate parts of an ever-changing world. I am interested in transformation in nature, moments of deep cataclysmic shifts, moments of superb energy release. I am interested in the very special instants when a balance is broken or shifted, an existing equilibrium is changed and transformation occurs. More and more, humans are influencing some shifts in nature. My investigation is also about understanding and integrating two aspects of myself: art and science. I need to understand/explain intellectually, like a scientist, the world around me and I also need to express myself as an artist at a more emotional, gut level. As an artist, I have a responsibility to make viewers think and question their environment. My larger goal is to show in different ways that balance is fragile, that there are links everywhere in our environment and that we are basically interdependent. I want to be an environmental activist through my art. |

