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My main skill is making things — I fabricate whatever is needed for a given situation. In this case, I was charged with duplicating a high-end clothing hanger, but twice the normal size — outrageously large. This hanger would then become part of a piece in Joanne Steinhardt’s exhibit Endless Second Chances. To get a

Self-portrait as Revealed by Trash: 365 days of photographing everything I threw out Variation 1, 2006 Project Statement For one year, every time I threw something away, I photographed it. At first, this act seemed simple enough; I was just documenting how much stuff I sent off to the garbage heap. I had thought of

I will Not Succumb, (Personal Commandments), 2007 Project Statement After photographing my trash over the course of the year, I ended up with 5,000 images representing my waste stream. These collections of grids represent my first experiments with using those images. This initial work ultimately led to the full scale collages that have become my

Haiku Scavenger Hunt, Whaleback Festival, Portsmouth, NH, 2011 Project Statement Coinciding with Portsmouth’s Sustainability Fair, these hidden signs could be found along the walk from Market Square to the Fair. Each sign contains a clue as to the locations of the next forward or backward sign. The specific location of the sign reveals the inspiration

Sacred Hoops Outdoor classroom Lincoln Street School, Exeter, NH, 2009 Wood, recycled aluminum, trees, rocks Project Statement Three years prior to the invitation to visit the Lincoln Street School, a treasured, massive, but dying, Champion Norway Spruce was cut down. When I arrived, the loss of this tree was still evident in both the landscape

Waterville Seeds Project: Exploring our community and personal connections to place 2009 Project Statement Often, when we consider the past (or future) in a public context, we look to major historic events to describe time and place. I think this approach misses the personal stories and intimate lives of the people who are the authentic

Trash Mosaics East Kingston Elementary School, 2009 Project Statement As artist-in-residence for East Kingston, I was asked to create a school project spun out of my Self-Portrait as Revealed by Trash piece for a schoole-wide project. After a presentation about my work, eco-art and environmental issues, I taught the students how to work digital point

Barn Studio Outdoor classroom Portsmouth, NH, 2007 and ongoing Project Statement It’s not just an image, it’s a lifestyle… I am committed to understanding and evolving my studio’s working processes to reduce my impact upon the ecosystem. I consider all aspects of materials and methods in order to select the best possible choices for accomplishing

Going Carbon Neutral Timberland, Stratham, NH 2007 Project Statement Installed at the Timberland Company’s headquarters. Going Carbon Neutral plays off the nostalgic childhood card game, Memory – but with an agenda. Using magnetic wooden panels, this display is an interactive, hands on game employees can play. Challenged to match illustrations of coal burning power plants

Fundraiser for SeaCare Health Services Flatbread Company, Portsmouth, NH 2006 Project Statement To support my 250 mile Cycle for SeaCare Canada to the Sea ride on 9/22, lots of friends joined me for a special Community Night at Flatbread. We took over the restaurant with a bit of mayhem and lots of paint. For each

Eco Cubes, 2004 Eco Squares, 2005-07 Eco Blocks, 2006 Project Statement Eco-Cubes are small puzzles combining the Rubik’s Cube format with images of contrasting scenes of nature and development. The puzzles were created to explore methods for generating viewer interaction. While they are intended as maquettes for a larger installation, these smaller cubes explore relationships

Portsmouth Says Hi 2005 Project Statement Portsmouth Says “Hi” was a community interactive project in which people were asked to respond to several environmental themes over the course of three weeks. Seven themed, graphic, orange ‘letterboxes’ were placed in a variety of locations throughout downtown Portsmouth. Each box invited passersby to respond with a contribution

Fish Gone Bad The Adventures of Bumbly Mr. Chiggins NH, 2005 Project Statement Fish Gone Bad and the Adventures of Bumbly Mr. Chiggins were created for the NH Department of Environmental Service’s call for video shorts. These Septic Scenes are meant explore the importance of proper septic system maintenance and were used as PSA’s that

Eco Gift Boxes Manchester, NH 2004 Project Statement These gift boxes represent a collaboration with students at the Chester College of New England. I composed a project that was meant to challenge the students’ perspectives of art, activism and landscape while also acting as a mechanism to raise environmental awareness within community. I prompted the

Suburban Sprawl Development Phase I at Branch Hill Farm 2003 Project Description Phase I was spoof of the rampant housing developments quickly spreading across New England. For this community event, volunteers staked out the footprints of houses and roads while engaging spectators in coversations about land use, ecological balance, development and green alternatives. Phase I

Sprawl Viewer Series Southern, NH 2002 Project Statement The Sprawl Viewer series was installed throughout Southern, NH communities to call attention to development issues. These images superimpose a daunting potential future fate, directly cautioning against our continued inattention to development issues. These Viewers provide an ironic contrast to the built, urban environment and offer an

Arches Kingston, NH 2002 Project Statement Arches was an ephemeral work created with students of the New Hampshire Institute of Art to explore collaboration, process and material.

Alchemical Garden, 2010-2011