My projects layer research and close looking at Maine's paid and unpaid workers, past and present environment, and community histories. Maine products (paper, charcoal, Hathaway shirts,) land (mud, plants,) and water are used both as subject and media in interactive classes and public installations. I use teaching and public commissions to create a hands-on experience to challenge expectations and enlarge our assumptions about art by inviting participants and viewers to create, alter, erase, wash, or walk on work.
Below, Video of Mopping (participant permissions given for videography) for Colby Arts' community class, Developing your Artistic Practice 10/7/2026, Greene Block+ Studios, Waterville Maine. 2 drawings, Kennebec River and Defunct Paper Mill (2024-26, charcoal, graphite, permanent marker on Arches watercolor paper) and Railroad Trestle across the Kennebec (2023, charcoal on paper, 51 x 79 in.) railroad spikes, logs, plank, mops, brooms, pails, Atlantic sea water, Kennebec River water on plastic sheets and tarps.