Artist Statement

As the definition of Art evolves, so does the Artist

An active heritage of music, dance, sports and gardening impacts my ambitious, art-focused lifestyle and ever evolving approach to art making processes. After a lifetime of creative endeavors that have afforded travel throughout this and other countries, I find the greatest sense of inspiration in nature.

As an Eco Art educator, I define "Eco Art" for my students as an artistic response to environmental concerns where the science of ecology is infused with creative methods contributes to solutions. My own Eco Art practice involves the use of native plants to design and build contiguous flora and fauna habitats through urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods. I call this landscape design project, Lifelines.

Landscape design has long been dominated by two very distinct aesthetics. Historically, the artform dates back well before Byzantium with a very formal approach, contrasted by the later, wilder-looking English Cottage style and New England Gardens designs evolving in the 19th Century. Contemporary landscape practices have added ecosystem rejuvenation to satisfy both human and worldly nature. But with the Lifelines project I envision a new focus on a third aesthetic - one no longer to be contained by walls or any single property boundary, but involving neighbors, neighborhoods and indeed entire communites.