Garden at Night

Perfumed Stars (after Shara Nova)

For this body of work, I turned my attention from black holes and the cosmic origin stories that dominated my work to the earthy locus of soil and plants. The deep companionship of the plant world to human life is undeniable, central to our survival, but we often take it for granted. In these drawings and paintings, I celebrate plants as teachers and mysterious life partners, hearkening to art historical forms like the still life and the nocturne as structures to explore the cycles of germination, bloom, and decay.

{Exhibition at J. Rinehart Gallery}