I make art that moves.

The first thing you will notice about my work is the balance. The pieces themselves, comprised of metal and natural objects, are mostly “mobiles”. Materials like dried hydrangea, seed pods, and birch bark act as lightweight counter-balances (visually and literally) to harsh materials like steel and stone. With a slight wind, the mobiles reform and make visible the substance within which we all live: the air.

My art begins as collecting — cataloging the essence of a place and time. The act of collecting is itself art.

Once a collection is complete, I re-assemble the components. In doing so, my aim is to capture the original feeling of noticing an object or phenomenon, the “firstness” of that experience. A small piece of bark in a forest of pine trees is often overlooked. The same with a small pebble on a rocky beach, or the ornate pattern of a ginkgo leaf stamped to the wet sidewalk. By presenting my collections as chandeliers, precariously balanced and ever-changing, viewers are inspired to instead linger and consider these oft-neglected pieces of our world.

The joy and meaning in life is in noticing these small things. Our modern world, however, is designed to keep us from paying attention. My art is designed to bring people back to these details, on an ever-larger and more public scale.