I am currently working in the CRAFT (Community and Climate Resilience through Agriculture, Forestry, and Technology) pathway at Woodstock Union HS/MS where I teach classes, manage the gardens and greenhouses. After school and on the weekends, I am illustrating a new book, Emerging Patterns of Resilience: Northeast Permaculture in Action. The book will be a resource, specifically for the climate generation, to co-create a resilient future using the ecological and cultural patterns that inform permaculture design.

 

I graduated from Colby-Sawyer College in 2021 with a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a B.A. in Studio Art. As an Environmental studies student, I learned to observe the patterns, changes, and systems in the world around me and build off those observations to form and test a hypothesis. As an artist, I pay careful attention to my surroundings and respond to them through my art. The two areas of study provide a much-needed balance in my life and, in the end, I am a better scientist because I am an artist and a better artist because I am a scientist. Art is my way of telling about my astonishment with the world. My astonishments do not tend to be born out of grand landscapes and sights, but rather give light to the everyday movements and small details that capture my attention with their quiet beauty. My scenes of everyday moments feel like breaths or heartbeats; they are quiet and tend to be rooted in a strong sense of place.