Nature - Human
This series was mostly completed in the summer of 2024, in Northwest Iowa with sepia ink via a fountain pen. It is an inspection on the spaces and places where humans and nature intersect. It was a look at our relationships to the rest of the world around us.
“Pallid Sturgeon Lifecycle”
$200
An ancient fish, home in the Missouri river and endangered. I was able to participate in the largest recorded spawn of their species that summer with the S.Dakota DNR. Normally they collect eggs from 6 females a year. In 2024 they collected from 60. The DNR usually raises the eggs until they are a year or two old, when their un-scaled skin toughens enough for them to survive in the now dredged river.
“Asian Carp”
$100
Invasive along most of the Missouri and Mississippi water sheds, these carp species swam and rubbed over one another in the hundreds, peeling scales as they fight the spillway’s current in fruitless attempts to enter the West Lake.
“Weather Station”
$75
A portable station that collects data on various weather schematics, top of a remote mountain in Eastern Washington State.
“Flood Gates”
$75
Another effective method to keep Asian Carp from moving through the waterways.
“Late Summer”
$75
Northern Bedstraw comes in abundance with little white flowers. It is often considered a weed as it provides lots of ground coverage, but has historically been used medicinally.
“Sunflower and Bike”
$150
Summer time makes it easy to take the bike places, and get your stompers in the soil.
“Iowa Prairie”
$200
The state of Iowa used to be around 85% tall grass prairie. Today, less than 0.1% remain. Prior to European settlement roughly 11% (4-6M acres) of Iowa was wetland basins. Today, nearly 95% of them have been drained.
In 2024, 30.6 million acres of Iowa’s total 35.7 million are farmed. Most produce only corn and/or soybeans, primarily for the ethanol and feed industries.
“Wind Turbine”
$100
Many favor “alternative” or sustainable energy. Still some resistance remains.
This piece was part of a jurored exhibit at the Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji, Iowa.
“Coyote”
$75
In Burbank, California a coyote trots back into what greenery they have, under the hum of the electrical wires and the roar of the highways.
“Turbine Hill”
$75
Wind turbines along the horizon on a semi-clear day.
“Oklahoma Sunflower”
$75
Across short grass prairie Oklahoma, spigots of bright green shoot pops of yellow heads about the size of your palm.
“Sunrise Dance”
$250
What else does a red-spotted forest faerie do in the branches of a cottonwood tree?