A little about me…
Raised in the United Kingdom and relocated to Montana, I was fortunate to curate a lush curiosity at a young age.
I owe substantial gratitude to lonesome, quiet, and vulnerable time spent in nature in the formation of my character.
As I’ve passionately grown, I’ve come to observe the distance between many communities and cultures from the magnanimity of nature. As a seasonal river guide and lover of outdoor sports, I have been exposed to integral moments of awe, making clear the privilege and power of access to wild spaces.
I believe that a reciprocal relationship with non-human space is widely overlooked, but vital to many aspects of well-being for both people and land.
Through my artwork and creation, my efforts go toward giving back to the people and places which inspire me in the first place. Currently, I am working on my first book, featuring a graphically-laced confluence of my artwork and poetry. I am hoping to use visuals to words as a way to evoke phenomenological capacity for beauty and wonder; and hopefully encourage a gravitation for personal empowerment and awe for natural places. Through my work, I am representing my belief that
preservation of our human relationship with beauty is the foundation to conservation.
Currently, I am a student attending Rhode Island School of Design, interested in interdisciplinary storytelling. Through the study of time-based media, I hope to find avenues to confront nature-deficit disorder, and contribute to reminders of our meaning and place beyond man-made values. I believe that personal relationship to our planet and beyond positively affects the state of our social and moral collective systems.
“Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its preservation. Can we teach children to look at a flower and see all the things it represents: beauty, the health of an ecosystem, and the potential for healing? ”
― Richard Louv