Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
Standing tall, after a period of experiencing zero physical strength to stand.
Draped with a cape sewn from (about a quarter of) the IV bags used for my Lyme treatment. Some of these bags were once filled with a mixture of antibiotics that aimed to kill the infection at the source, which further debilitated me physically. Other bags were filled with mineral cocktails, silver, and glutathione... nectars which initiated molecular rejuvenation, detoxification, and rehabilitation. Together, these medicines purposefully knocked me down and picked me back up. That has been our relationship the past 2 years.
Having once filled my body, now their shadow is much larger than my physical mass.
Photographed as part of a video performance, the cape symbolizes the additional weight the body feels when experiencing chronic fatigue and illness. It’s overbearing; and when you’re down, it swallows you whole. Yet slowly, one learns to stand again, and the cape becomes weightless.
Its adornment shifts to providing empowerment, and maybe even... a shield against future storms.
This work intersects my Field Studies on Standing Tall and Hidden Costs of Wellness series
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
here i was experimenting with my portal sculptures not being able to stand on their own. this one is leaning on a tree. if you’ve been following my work recently, you know standing up right / with a firm foundation has become a field study since i spent the majority of 2 years laying in bed chronically ill.
other themes related to my portals ::
~ adornment :: the portal is draped similarly to the drapes of Renaissance figures
~ portals & thresholds :: archetypes of personal growth & awakening consciousness
~ copper pipes :: a utilitarian tool (widely identified as masculine) with “feminine” adornment // [manual] labor
for this portal in particular ::
~ ruby + mist during winter hibernation
~ no base / no threshold
field studies......... 🌿🌹🐚
This work intersects my Portals & Thresholds and Field Studies on Standing Tall series
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
Handmade towers standing firm and upright, tiled with used glutathione IV bags from my Lyme treatment are photographed in a foggy, tick-inhabited forest.
Can we stand tall again, even amidst our biggest parasites and predators? The somatic relationship with nature breaks when nature has failed you — betrayed you. This is part of my conversation — practice, even — in rehabilitating our relationship. I’m rebuilding trust...
Included in the photograph are wild teasel plants also known as “Dipsacus fullonum L.” whose root, known as “Xu duan” in Chinese medicine, is recognized for both its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties.”Teasel has a great affinity for the immune system and can be an essential catalyst. This lesser known plant also supports the vitality of the digestive system, encourages the body’s natural detoxification pathways, and reinforces one’s inner vitality and vital essence.” - Avena Botanicals
Wild teasel felt like a poetic (& unplanned) pairing to glutathione. Glutathione has been important to rebuild during my treatment. It is the master antioxidant in the body and is heavily concentrated in tissues such as the liver, spleen and heart. Therefore, it plays a crucial role in immune function, detoxification capacity and protection against oxidative stress.
This work intersects my Field Studies on Standing Tall and Hidden Costs of Wellness series
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
Most IV bags are non-biohazardous waste, so usually are thrown into landfills. As just one patient, my Lyme treatment consumed about 150 plastic IV bags total... that’s enough to fill six trashbags. I’ve saved them all and have spent the past year hauling them around with me as I travel, photographing my IV bags out in nature (& recollecting them after each photoshoot).
I have been working on a new body of work titled “The Hidden Costs of Wellness”. I hope this series sparks conversation around the magnitude of costs for treatments like mine which hurt the Earth, yet stem from our growing health epidemics which are very much due to lack of connection with the Earth. Furthermore, as this planet gets warmer, epidemics will continue to rise. And as our treatments require more severe procedures, our collective medical waste will also increase.
For this photograph in particular, I only used my IV bags that were once filled with glutathione. Glutathione has been important to rebuild during my treatment & it’s an IV that needs to drip slow or else it can make you really nauseous. Glutathione is the master antioxidant in the body and is heavily concentrated in tissues such as the liver, spleen and heart. Therefore, it plays a crucial role in immune function, detoxification capacity and protection against oxidative stress. Another way to amp up glutathione during cancer & other treatments that require detoxification is via coffee enemas... another procedure that (in many but not all scenarios) relies heavily on single-use plastic.
The lotus shapes the glutathione bags form here nod to the common saying “no mud, no lotus” which reflects on the difficult times (or muddy waters) one must navigate to bloom.
This work is part of my Hidden Costs of Wellness series
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
These mini sculptures are prototypes for large-scale sculptures. They represent the many conceptual thresholds we are invited to cross over as we heal and become.
Portals and thresholds are structural and conceptual archetypes of personal growth and awakening consciousness. They can be related to the courage to lean in or step through a phase or chapter in one’s life. Portals are also representative of the psyche’s maturity.
I’ve photographed these portals in various landscapes. Placing these works in conversation with Earth’s landscapes feels like a coming home, coalescence of natural and feminine elements, and a reminder to slow down and archive essence.
This work is part of my Portals & Thresholds series
Each photograph has a deeper conceptual meaning, depending which portal prototype was used as each prototype was named as part of a narrative in Currency? Material, Radiator.
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
These mini sculptures are prototypes for large-scale sculptures. They represent the many conceptual thresholds we are invited to cross over as we heal and become.
Portals and thresholds are structural and conceptual archetypes of personal growth and awakening consciousness. They can be related to the courage to lean in or step through a phase or chapter in one’s life. Portals are also representative of the psyche’s maturity.
I’ve photographed these portals in various landscapes. Placing these works in conversation with Earth’s landscapes feels like a coming home, coalescence of natural and feminine elements, and a reminder to slow down and archive essence.
This work is part of my Portals & Thresholds series
Each photograph has a deeper conceptual meaning, depending which portal prototype was used as each prototype was named as part of a narrative in Currency? Material, Radiator.
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
Crashing into waves, draped with a cape sewn from (about a quarter of) the IV bags used for my Lyme treatment. Some of these bags were once filled with a mixture of antibiotics that aimed to kill the infection at the source, which further debilitated me physically. Other bags were filled with mineral cocktails, silver, and glutathione... nectars which initiated molecular rejuvenation, detoxification, and rehabilitation. Together, these medicines purposefully knocked me down and picked me back up. That has been our relationship the past 2 years.
Having once filled my body, now their shadow is much larger than my physical mass.
Photographed as part of a video performance, the cape symbolizes the additional weight the body feels when experiencing chronic fatigue and illness. It’s overbearing; and when you’re down, it swallows you whole. Yet slowly, one learns to stand again, and the cape becomes weightless.
Field studies standing tall, after a period of experiencing zero physical strength to stand. Also being knocked down repeatedly, trying to (re)find footing…
This work intersects my Field Studies on Standing Tall and Hidden Costs of Wellness series
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
Most IV bags are non-biohazardous waste, so usually are thrown into landfills. As just one patient, my Lyme treatment consumed about 150 plastic IV bags total... that’s enough to fill six trashbags. I’ve saved them all and have spent the past year hauling them around with me as I travel, photographing my IV bags out in nature (& recollecting them after each photoshoot).
I have been working on a new body of work titled “The Hidden Costs of Wellness”. I hope this series sparks conversation around the magnitude of costs for treatments like mine which hurt the Earth, yet stem from our growing health epidemics which are very much due to lack of connection with the Earth. Furthermore, as this planet gets warmer, epidemics will continue to rise. And as our treatments require more severe procedures, our collective medical waste will also increase.
This work is part of my Hidden Costs of Wellness series
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
These mini sculptures are prototypes for large-scale sculptures. They represent the many conceptual thresholds we are invited to cross over as we heal and become.
Portals and thresholds are structural and conceptual archetypes of personal growth and awakening consciousness. They can be related to the courage to lean in or step through a phase or chapter in one’s life. Portals are also representative of the psyche’s maturity.
I’ve photographed these portals in various landscapes. Placing these works in conversation with Earth’s landscapes feels like a coming home, coalescence of natural and feminine elements, and a reminder to slow down and archive essence.
This work is part of my Portals & Thresholds series
Each photograph has a deeper conceptual meaning, depending which portal prototype was used as each prototype was named as part of a narrative in Currency? Material, Radiator.
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
winter solstice thicket creations ~ making art in the woods in collaboration with the snow. this is my first snow dyed canvas from 2020. she feels like the mother of all the new snow dyed canvases i’ve made since then...
i spread her out & left her in the snow for a few days. i then laid on top of her, warming her with my naked body. a cold plunge for me, and for her... a temporary silhouette to honor Ana Mendieta after her murderer finally died. as i laid in the snow, i thought of the continuous war on women. as my body began to turn numb in the cold, i thought about all that society has collectively become numb towards. what is the equivalent of warming up together? un-numbing collectively?
i think i’ll turn this first image into a limited editioned print, titled: “Cold Plunge, Stop Femicide Silhouette in honor of Ana”
made under the full moon in leo ❤️🔥⚔️ #femicide #femicideawareness
This work isn’t part of any particular series, yet…
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as a 13 x 20 in. print, edition 1 of 10, here.
Info about the work:
These mini sculptures are prototypes for large-scale sculptures. They represent the many conceptual thresholds we are invited to cross over as we heal and become.
Portals and thresholds are structural and conceptual archetypes of personal growth and awakening consciousness. They can be related to the courage to lean in or step through a phase or chapter in one’s life. Portals are also representative of the psyche’s maturity.
I’ve photographed these portals in various landscapes. Placing these works in conversation with Earth’s landscapes feels like a coming home, coalescence of natural and feminine elements, and a reminder to slow down and archive essence.
This work is part of my Portals & Thresholds series
Each photograph has a deeper conceptual meaning, depending which portal prototype was used as each prototype was named as part of a narrative in Currency? Material, Radiator.
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as regular prints here, or mini prints here.
Info about the work:
I brought my painting smock/slip and an untreated canvas with me on one of my lecture trips in Italy. The textiles that take part in my practice usually never leave the studio and their existence in such practice begins when I'm ready to actually paint. What about the time before that? The downtime that takes part in the formulation of ideas. The travel, which for me is one of my biggest elements of inspiration. The beautiful interiors where I rest, brainstorm, write, laugh, love and discover? I photographed my painting materials, before altering their forms, out in nature free from my influence.
This work is part of my ‘sculptural paintings in conversation’ series which later became grouped into the Currency? Material, Radiator. series
Info about the work:
Most IV bags are non-biohazardous waste, so usually are thrown into landfills. As just one patient, my Lyme treatment consumed about 150 plastic IV bags total... that’s enough to fill six trashbags. I’ve saved them all and have spent the past year hauling them around with me as I travel, photographing my IV bags out in nature (& recollecting them after each photoshoot).
I have been working on a new body of work titled “The Hidden Costs of Wellness”. I hope this series sparks conversation around the magnitude of costs for treatments like mine which hurt the Earth, yet stem from our growing health epidemics which are very much due to lack of connection with the Earth. Furthermore, as this planet gets warmer, epidemics will continue to rise. And as our treatments require more severe procedures, our collective medical waste will also increase.
This work is part of my Hidden Costs of Wellness series
Photographs from this shoot available for purchase as regular prints here, or mini prints here.
Info about the work:
I brought my painting smock/slip and an untreated canvas with me on one of my lecture trips in Italy. The textiles that take part in my practice usually never leave the studio and their existence in such practice begins when I'm ready to actually paint. What about the time before that? The downtime that takes part in the formulation of ideas. The travel, which for me is one of my biggest elements of inspiration. The beautiful interiors where I rest, brainstorm, write, laugh, love and discover? I photographed my painting materials, before altering their forms, out in nature free from my influence.
This work is part of my ‘sculptural paintings in conversation’ series which later became grouped into the Currency? Material, Radiator. series
Info about the work:
Most IV bags are non-biohazardous waste, so usually are thrown into landfills. As just one patient, my Lyme treatment consumed about 150 plastic IV bags total... that’s enough to fill six trashbags. I’ve saved them all and have spent the past year hauling them around with me as I travel, photographing my IV bags out in nature (& recollecting them after each photoshoot).
I have been working on a new body of work titled “The Hidden Costs of Wellness”. I hope this series sparks conversation around the magnitude of costs for treatments like mine which hurt the Earth, yet stem from our growing health epidemics which are very much due to lack of connection with the Earth. Furthermore, as this planet gets warmer, epidemics will continue to rise. And as our treatments require more severe procedures, our collective medical waste will also increase.
The photographs from this shoot nod to the countless islands of plastic in our oceans… I wonder how much of that plastic is medical waste.
This work is part of my Hidden Costs of Wellness series
