Works emerging from interdisciplinary artistic research in the Bregenzerwald, Austria, exploring colour as an archive of ecology, memory, and time through natural pigment-making, printmaking, and material experimentation. This work contributes to my ongoing project, Pigments of Place, which explores natural colour as a material record of place — connecting landscape, ecology, memory, and seasonality through the collection, transformation, and documentation of locally sourced materials.

Selected works developed through studio-based research during the Contextural Self-Directed Summer Residency and Sandbox Studio Sessions at cSPACE Marda Loop, Calgary, AB.

Works developed through an immersive exploration of landscape, natural colour, and material during my Artist Residency at Joya: arte + ecología, Spain.

Natural weaving of grass based twine into series of loops

Landscape photo with hill in background and forefront a selection of random plants

Lines made from red ochre, pomegranate, charcoal, olive, Spanish strawberry and cherry

Jagged white rocks in the shape of triangles

Selection of cherries, Spanish strawberries, cherries and pomegranate

Jagged and flat rocks in dried up river bed

Two bumble bees, one black beetle, one black and yellow beetle wing and one small mushroom

Splatter art created with charcoal and juices from pomegranate, Spanish strawberry, ollive and cherry

Various doodles and designs using handmade watercolour paint made from cochineal, logwood, marigold, hops, sunflower, Joe Pye and madder

Small black heart shaped rock next to 5 handmade white clay triangles and red ochre

Felled log with swirly patterns carved by unknown creature, resulting in silly face image

20 handmade white clay triangles stacked together while drying

Collection of 36 black beetles, 4 bumble bees, 7 dark colour feathers, 5 snail shells and other misc. items from forest floor

Splatter art created with charcoal and juices from pomegranate, Spanish strawberry, ollive and cherry + natural sculptural weaving

Upward facing white and red colour rock slab with 2 handmade white triangles hidden in scene

5 black beetles and a twig on white clay river bed

Downward photo of white heart shaped rock, Blundstone boots and chartreuse pants.

Chartreuse and seafoam green lichen on red pine needles, next to small sprouting light green plant

Upward photo of morning moon between a tree and jagged white rocks

Oak seeds opened up to reveal almond like seed pod

Jagged white and pale red/brown rocks assembled together in haphazard jigsaw puzzle state

Rock with smaller rocks dangling from underneath- held up by webs

Exposed black plant root, which resembles an octopus tentacle

Light pink puffer fungi with black petal like structure

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