My art work examines the dynamic ecological principles that operate in wild and in domesticated environments. Of primary interest are those principles that maintain balance in and among populations; for example, the feedback loop that keeps the carnivorous predators, herbivorous prey and plants in a given ecosystem in healthy relative proportions. I explore and express these principles in the wild world in order to hold them up against the human experience, intending as a result that we might adapt or re-introduce these principles into our human existence and move ourselves back into a sustainable relationship with the wild world. I find these issues particularly poignant in the face of a Western production model that foregrounds growth, expansion and an ever-increasing profit margin. Specifically, I explore such diverse themes as food chains, interconnectedness among discreet organisms in a specific ecosystem, resource allocation, species adaptability and evolution.

Artists' books can uniquely communicate complex narrative concepts through image-based and text-based channels. Within the book arts, I am most attracted to creating pop-ups—I enjoy working sculpturally within the book format. I enjoy the engineering challenge involved in developing intricate dimensional forms that fold flat. I control as much of the book production as possible: I make the paper, write the text, illustrate the images, engineer the structures, bind the folios and design the integrated whole. Pop-up images are particularly powerful in capturing a viewer's attention-—they facilitate the delivery of a potentially distasteful message with their attractive packaging. Making pop-up books for adults permits playing in the borderlands between 'youth culture' and 'adult culture' and thus striking out into new artistic territory.