Artist Statement

Layers of Water

A dank and rotting cabin, a tangle of blackberries, and a canopy of ancient

oaks were my childhood playground. In a fast-growing 1950s suburbia,

mid-century moderns replaced “my” cabin and woods: a transformation

and domestication of landscape that taught me about changing environments

and instilled a nostalgia for “wild” places. As we face expanding

electric power and transportation needs, pollution, climate change and

migration, Layers of Water examines our complex relationship with Pacific

Northwest water and the immense impact of our desire to harness its power.

Black and white photographs, along with a menu of narratives about

specific bodies of water, draw on layers of meaning and place..