I have always been enchanted by the romantic history of humanity’s relation-ship to the natural world. As Florida increasingly becomes a paradise lost, my art practice over the last decade has centered on the Everglades and coastal landscapes I grew up in. Through research, direct exploration, and deeper observation, my artwork aims to reconnect audiences with the wilderness in our own backyards, resurrecting our primeval instincts and joyful animal origins.

We love what we find beautiful, and we protect what we love. As an activ-ist, gardener, historian, naturalist, and explorer, I am most alive when I’m tramping around barefoot and muddy. I long to restore that epic and myth-ological dimension, a sense of awe and reverence for the world. I want to be a storyteller and a messenger of plants. I want to believe that life is still wild.