I enjoy all mediums and have created works throughout my career in many different styles and a variety of materials. Often I am working with clients or galleries that are very site-specific, which will determine what type of work I am creating. And other times, I'll be working on a long-term project that has a specific goal and theme, which will determine what medium I'm working in. These Flower Power Pose sculptures are part of a bigger exhibition called the Sun Seekers that has works on paper, works in felt, and custom clothing. 

Climate change and our (dis)connection to the natural world. My sister and I travel out to West Texas quite often. It's a magical place with enormous skies and strange and beautiful, small, art communities. Terlingua is one of those towns - far, far away from everything and full of interesting and creative people. In the summer, the sun beats down and shines bright across everything - and it was there that the story of the Sun Seekers started, set against the backdrop of climate change and the pandemic. We have been working on this story of these mythological group of people for the past few years now. 

These particular sculptures were inspired by an old Toy company called the Marx Toy Co from 1919. Marx created the "Campus Cuties", as they called them then, and I started collecting them years ago. I created molds of these old toy figurines, changing them up a bit with clay modeling. After creating the molds, I add resin, dye, and pressed botanicals into the mold's cavity and extract them when hardened.