I go out in nature with my camera and find shifting, disparate, and beautiful landscapes. A lot of how I see and what I look at depends on weather, mood, and other variable and unpredictable circumstances. In recent years, I often feel a familiar tension pulling at me. Looking at the lush beauty in nature and considering the continuing climate crisis, I wonder at the dissonance between what I see and what I fear. There is so much to look at besides what’s really going on. I take pictures and record the day.

Back in my studio, I develop the pictures of trees, dirt, grass, snow, rain, sun, sea, and sky, using a mostly black and white palette, without vivid color. Focusing on shades of black, I consider the abstract imagery in the deep shadow areas. I keep these dark spaces discreet, though alluring; they are hard to reach, yet compelling like a memory fading away. Letting go means a realignment of what I remember. Looking forward I continue to consider how nature can be a source of inspiration and optimism, while at the same time, a reminder of the world’s fragility.

memory

forgetting

elsewhere

fernweh

dépaysement

afterness

amnesia

curiosity

nostalgia

absence

history

collage

transition

transit

transience

mobility

nurture

nature

shadow

secrets

impermanence

randomness