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We are often compelled to copy or mimic nature; yet, though we admire it enough to replicate it, in our contemporary world we destroy or modify it through our alteration of the natural landscape. Living in apartments with little to no personal outdoor space over the past several years has brought to light, for me, the things we do to reclaim aspects of nature when we are separated from it. Through the use of floral and wood prints, plants, flowers, and bees, I staged arrangements that question and sometimes glorify our relationship to the natural world. Why do we preserve the idea of nature through inauthentic imitations? Why do we accept the copy? The floral and wood grain patterns I utilized in my photographs are strangely beautiful and intriguing to me, yet simultaneously ugly and repulsive. This contradictory condition is not unlike the way we are driven to abuse nature for our wants and needs, while also attempting to preserve certain aspects of it for its inherent beauty. |
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Color of the Year, archival inkjet print, 20" x 24"
. White, archival inkjet print, 30" x 40"
. Roses, archival inkjet print, 16" x 20"
. Two Sunflowers, archival inkjet print, 20" x 24"
. More or Less, archival inkjet prints, 8" x 10" each
. Stardust, archival inkjet prints, 11" x 14" each
. Petals, archival inkjet prints, 11" x 14" each
. Copy, archival inkjet print, 18" x 24"
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