Studio: current work portfolio

Through a lens of environmental sustainability, my work reincarnates the discarded, transforms the used, and celebrates biological structure to draw attention to human habits and our relationship to the natural world.

raku kiln-fired obvaraware pots (yeast-fermented flour slurry)

Ceramic studio projects (2021-22)
High-fire clay & glaze
dimensions vary

Sculpture of vintage wire fencing, cheesecloth, muslin fabric scraps

Sculpture detail of vintage wire fencing, cheesecloth, muslin fabric scraps

Sculpture of Repurposed white polystyrene foam packaging, spent bullet casings

Sculpture detail of Repurposed white polystyrene foam packaging, spent bullet casings

Sculpture of a rusty wheelbarrow and other found objects, acrylic paint

Wall Sculptures (2021-2022)
media and sizes vary

Painting called "Compost still life" of a pitchfork, manure and hay

natural canvas fabric printed with tire tread

Painting called "Some kinda bleu"with fabric scraps and found objects

Three-dimensional painting using bamboo toilet paper wrap, repurposed canvas, acrylic paint

Painting using bamboo toilet paper wrap, repurposed canvas, acrylic paint

Paintings & Wallhangings
acrylic on canvas

sizes vary

Ravenous Energy (2020)
Up-cycled & reclaimed oak wine barrel staves, wire & oil stain
24wX 18h X 16d

Chandelier sculptures (2020)
Up-cycled oak wine barrels
sizes vary 20” to 48”
client: Smog City Brewing Co. at Glendora Public Market, Glendora, CA

If Mermaids Could Cook (2020)
Seagrass, plaster & reclaimed wood
22”w X 22”h

Non-bio Luminescence (2020)

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET/polyester plastic) lit with LED string lights

21”l X 8”w X 16”h (arrangement); 4”l X 3”w X 6”h (ave. individual size)

Fall 2020 Virtual Exhibition: Common Ground Response, 11:11 A Creative Collective, Embed Gallery @ ToolboxLA, Chatsworth, CA

Deliberately Ugly (2020)
Up-cycled oak wine barrels, reclaimed plywood & acrylic paint
18' diameter

White-washed (2020)

Reclaimed wine barrel staves, repurposed wood cabinet doors, fabric & acrylic paint

30”w X 34”h

Letting Go (2020)
Plaster, muslin, chicken wire, recycled plywood
10-14”w X 12-16”h

Hive (2020)

sculpture/vase of recycled cardboard

8"w/d X 10"h

Decomp I (2020)
lamp shade of plaster, muslin, & acrylic paint
12”w X 10”h

Egg Grenade (2020)
Found objects mixed media sculpture
life-sized, approx. 6”X8”
CSUN 307 Core Art Studio (Forcum)
Prompt: Depict nature as both dangerous as well as something that needs to be saved

Desert Trash (2018)
Metal garden folly sculpture of found objects
80"h X 18"w