My work originates in the soil with materials I grow or forage. Using various media, including the cyanotype and pastels, but primarily mushroom spores, the powdery substance that resides in the gills and pores of mushrooms, I make imagery that is informed by mycology and influenced by the inherent transformation of growing cycles. When released in nature, mushroom spores land on nearby soil, leaves, or rocks, always with the intention of survival. In my process, these tiny reproductive particles fly or float, then alight - my medium for works on paper. Thus, the spore print, a mushroom identification tool, is adopted in form and medium to create works on paper that explore mycorrhiza and photosynthesis. Spore images contain organic abstractions and patterns that “conjure a natural world both strange and deeply familiar.”
