My work celebrates the interconnectedness of biological life. Using imagery from nature, I highlight unexpected bonds and suggest new relationships within our environment.
I combine flora and fauna from all over the globe with that of my local terrain, then merge the results with patterns and symbols derived from the natural world. Inspirations from the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are examined and integrated into a cohesive whole.
More specifically, hidden ties are revealed through life-forms that span boundaries. Living fossils form a bridge over time. Other beings exist in hybrid or divergent states, such as colonial organisms, carnivorous plants, algae, and fungi. Lastly, I create my own hybrids by merging elements from multiple species to form imaginary creatures.
Further influences stem from entities that have similar morphology but transcend the limits of scale, species, location, or climate. For example, through convergent evolution, analogous structures appear continents apart. Additional parallels occur as visual similarities that unite the aquatic with the terrestrial, the aerial with the subterranean, and the microscopic with the macroscopic.
On a formal level, I address connections by exploring abstraction as a continuum. Repeated imagery shows varying degrees of naturalism. From realistic line drawings to graphic, geometric figures, relationships between different stages of stylization are visible and linked in the same picture plane.
Finally, kinship is emphasized through harmonization. Numerous styles are unified into a coherent package. Chaotic areas are juxtaposed against pattern and order. Drips, water marks, and other chance-driven effects underlie controlled illustrations. Light-hearted comic book shapes balance with "scientific" symbols.
By bridging multiple domains, my pieces defy labels, expand common ideologies, and emphasize the interdependence of all life.