Artist Statement

Forage is a narrative series depicting humanity contemplating  living in harmony with nature. It is important to consider the impact of human destruction and urban sprawl on the last of our naturalized spaces. The life in our neighbourhoods become part of or identity, and with their disappearance can come a feeling of grief. Solastalgia is the distress that is produced by environmental change impacting on people while they are directly connected to their home environment.

Debris acts as instruments to aid in creating a new relationship with the natural world. 

In repeatedly using the figures, my goal is to have the photographs act as a mirror. 

The nature in turn engulfs and embraces humanity, bringing with it new possibilities and restoration. 

"The time has come", the Walrus said, 

 to talk of many things"

  - Through the Looking Glass