SERIES CREATED IN 2022

HEALING BOXES

My brother died unexpectedly at the age of 52. It felt like a crumbling of my foundation. In the months after, I found myself creating altars in my studio. I filled old wooden crates with sentimental or symbolic objects… arranging them with care and reverence. I quickly realized it was helping me heal.

Over the fall, I spent many a quiet, beautiful hour arranging items delicately into boxes - honoring my brother and my own sense of loss. The boxes shown here are photographic representations of temporary boxes that are no longer… a reminder of how fleeting all of life is.

TREE ALTARS

As a child, I had a towering oak outside my bedroom. It felt like my own personal protector. As an adult, I still search out trees when I need to feel grounded. This connection to the trees has always been with me, alongside the conflicting emotions of using such life forms for human consumption.

A powerful narrative emerged as I combined found objects with my photography for this series - a blending of sacred and desecrated. There is both a peaceful reverence and a subtle discomfort created by the wood objects and tools used to surround each central tree image. A visual representation of our complex relationship with the trees.