My art transforms toxic refuse into evocative objects of abstract seduction, that bring a sense of beauty to environmentally devastating situations and arouse cognitive dissonance in viewers. In 2014 I began making  sculptures, plastic paintings, drawings and installations which respond to the by-products of our society’s rampant consumerism. I want the work to incite both pleasure and a disturbing awareness that the extraction of the oil and the disposal of plastics has contributed to the degradation of the oceans and land. Also that the micro plastics we ingest from the air, water and our food, have been shown to disrupt our endocrine systems and cause numerous health problems. My involvement with the grass roots group, Organizing for Plastic Alternatives has channeled energy towards finding some practical solutions to the use of single-use plastics.

Now I mainly use repurposed single-use plastics—plastic bags, water bottles, and food or other packaging material in my art. By using images of, or actual plastic consumer products, I show viewers my, and their, complicity in contributing to climate change, while making visually intriguing works. My art is human scale allowing viewers to more easily relate their body to the plastic problem. I collect most of the refuse that I use from the street, recycled bins, my own household or donations from others. I am attracted to the physical qualities embodied in this waste, which provide a rich range of possibilities for transformation into both two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms.