“ I consider land to be an archive of its own history. My work is about place and our connection to it as human beings. I make art artifacts using dirt, clay, soil and detritus from places that mean something. I construct paintings, books, and small sculptures to document, preserve, and perpetuate story.

This work began with a 5 gallon bucket of dirt harvested from land my family owned in Pike Road, Alabama. This place we called home begat two large paintings - our story held in the dirt the paintings are made from. The paintings’ physical presence and expression strengthen our connection to place, and each other. They remind us of the past and call us to ‘remember the future’."