Human connections with the environment, both past and present, shape my lifestyle as an outdoor enthusiast and advocate, career as an archaeologist, and growing art practice.

I’m a community-taught artist, supported by creative family and friends, inspired by makers near and far, and buoyed by techniques learned along the way. I consider painting to be a form of being in conversation with the environment - and a tool to protect it. My practice is grounded in place-based watercolors, visual notes of time and place, that inspire and inform my studio work.

I grew up in Alaska and currently live in Fairbanks, the traditional lands of the Dene people of the lower Tanana River.

Read more about my art practice in recent articles by The Northern Alaska Environmental Center and She Explores.