Colorful plastic debris, shiny metal scraps, used hand tools, and rusty car parts. These objects embody tensions and conflicts between humanity and nature. My art practice explores the acts and remnants of human intrusions upon the earth. Working with found materials, I create artwork depicting visual aspects of climate change.
Based in Detroit, I am currently working with used toy cars and recycled electrical equipment to comment on electric vehicles now under development here. While this “clean” technology pollutes less than fossil fuels, it presents other environmental challenges. EV production itself increases carbon emissions, their lithium-ion batteries are highly toxic, and the added electricity needed for charging stations emits even more pollution.
Both a sculptor and an architect by training, my artworks comment on human transgressions of natural and constructed environments. My multi-disciplinary installations probe the intersections between sculpture, architecture, installation, and land art to comment on humanity’s complicated relationship with nature.