Ephemeral Nature Art

   My art explores the beauty of the natural world through ephemeral art that I create from materials I find in nature. Using leaves, branches, flowers, seeds, and other organic elements encountered in parks, neighborhoods, trails, and overlooked edges of the built environment, I create temporary art outdoors, letting place, season, and chance shape each composition. 

    Photography allows these fleeting moments to be carried forward, and I professionally print my favorite images on canvas, then layer on acrylic paint, adding texture, depth, and dimension. By bringing ephemeral outdoor experiences into lasting, accessible form, this work invites people to reflect on their relationship to the natural world we share. 

     As an environmental scientist and educator, my love for nature and enthusiasm for fostering that love in others informs my art practice.  Each piece is, in some way, a celebration of the beauty and resilience of nature — and making it is, for me, a practice of active hope and healing.