I first began stripping the bark off branches and bending these branches into forms while mourning my mother’s death in 1993. These early pieces were allowed to weather, dry, crack, mold and finally fall apart.   I found myself drawn to natural processes and natural materials within a landscape format using installation as the structure.

       My work is inspired by nature and landscape. I alter the materials I use while striving to retain their unique characteristics.  I often grow the branches and dig the adobe dirt from my own yard.
                            
       As an artist, I am concerned with the traditional issues of form, color, line, space and texture. I combine the languages of art and nature to reflect the transient and fragile qualities of life thru landscape forms in installations, sculptures and 2 dimensional work.