There are two main branches of my practice - painting and participatory work. My work is guided by transformation, futurity, dreams, materiality, and relationships with the more-than-human world. Through painting I explore the potentials of alternative material. I find comfort in experimenting with provisional materials like scrap fabric to make painting surfaces of handmade paper, and gathering pigments from the remains of kitchen scraps and industrial sites. There is a kinetic potential alchemically embedded in these materials that extends beyond time. The iron oxide pigment in the body of work Held Within the Rocks and Dust comes from railroads which transport (and have historically transported) massive amounts of corn and grain to be processed into products like ethanol and animal feed. I’m concerned in imagining new non-destructive and extractive futures, and creating pigments by grinding up part of this industry has meaning in it for me. Through participatory work, I work to create spaces that encourage others to engage with our non-human companions on this earth. Forming relationships with plants and animals has always grounded me, and inviting others into that space is one way I can imagine a future amongst the dread of environmental devastation.