calling out to those who need a little sweetness, color pencil, 44”x30”, 2022
entrance to reverence, color pencil, 44”x30”, 2022
doorways to the temple, color pencil, 44”x30”, 2022
the messengers, color pencil, 44”x30”, 2022
let the mystery be, color pencil, 44”x30”, 2022
to be moved by stillness, color pencil, 44”x30”, 2022
Age-Old Devotion, color pencil, monoprint, 51”x38”, 2018
Her Deepness, color pencil, monoprint, 51”x38”, 2018
Mother Tree, color pencil, monoprint, 51”x38”, 2017
Steeping in research of ecology, non-human intelligence, and various wisdom traditions, I am interested in expressing curiosity and appreciation for non-human life who we are inextricably connected to. These drawings begin with an intention to set aside my anthropocentric way of seeing the world, visually imagining vast webs of interconnectedness across various environments. Each is a contemplation of being deeply moved by our more-than-human world. When we are attentive, other forms of life offer precious gifts: surprise, tenderness, amusement, bewilderment, even sorrow. Without words they affect our hearts by simply being themselves. This invites us to a threshold where our consciousness can be momentarily transformed. The poet and philosopher John O’Donahue describes thresholds as frontiers which divide two different territories, rhythms, and atmospheres. I believe the natural world is enriched with thresholds where the illusion of separateness dissolves to reveal the interconnectedness to which we all belong.