From Taos to Brooklyn and The World
It’s time to catch up! It's been a joy to see my work selected for a string of juried and curated exhibitions over the past few years, spanning two distinct bodies of work. I’ve fallen behind on posting things here. Mea culpa! Who wants to blog when I can be making art and entering shows?
Abstract Biophilic Art Photography
The first is my biophilic art photography, made using Intentional Camera Movement to capture the inner vibrational state of plants and landscape. In 2023, my piece H23F0634 was chosen for the Taos Abstract Artist Collective's Fall exhibition, my first show with TAAC. You can view it in their catalog here. I returned to TAAC in 2025 for their Fall exhibition, part of a season featuring more than 140 abstract artists from across Northern New Mexico. You can flip through that catalog here.
Nude Self-Portraits in Nature
The second is my nude self-portrait series, made over the course of a two-month camping trip where nature chose the time and place and told me:
Stop here.
Disrobe.
Make a photograph.
So I did. To understand what nature wanted me to share, I began writing poems — one to (or from?) each photograph. Part of the message is to share this work despite the, um, obvious challenges. I’ve submitted to many art exhibitions, and almost always have been accepted. Nature has supported me my entire life and I am grateful for these many opportunities to support her in reciprocity.
International Color Awards
The highest bar was the International Color Awards, which received over 6000 entries. I was awarded 3rd place, Honor of Distinction, in Nude, for my piece, In a MeToo Mood. I was further awarded as a nominee in Aerial Photography, for 65 and In Full Bloom, and in Fine Art, for Equus Among Us. A panel of judges were from the Getty in Los Angeles to leading museums in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. I entered on a whim, never dreaming I would place in 3 categories. Click on any image below to view full size.
Strata Gallery
The full series lives at iamfortheloveofnature.com. In 2024, my piece, Swaddling MySelf, from this series was included in Inner Sanctuaries: Exploring Domestic Spaces, a juried show at Strata Gallery in Santa Fe curated by Stephanie J. Woods. Read more about that exhibition here.
OmniHum Gallery
In 2025, the same photograph, Swaddling My Self, was shown in the Las Damas x OmniHum exhibition at OmniHum Gallery in Taos, celebrating the creative voices of New Mexico's female artists. See more from OmniHum Gallery here.
SITE:BROOKLYN GALLERY
And in 2026, three images from the series — including Equus Among Us and Discussing Age at Sunset with a Saguaro — were selected for Series: One Thing After Another at Site:Brooklyn Gallery, a juried show curated by writer Matt Stromberg exploring seriality and repetition across 35 contemporary artists. View the full exhibition here. I also wrote a new poem for one of the pieces, I AM: Wrecked on This Shore. It’s a bit darker than my usual but is how this piece spoke to me. And, I believe, how nature is speaking through me. The gallery also asked us for supplemental material, related to the making of the art. So I’m including two behind-the-scenes photos along with an extensive essay on this project, The Freedom to Be Found in Nature. Click on any image to view full size.
I'm grateful to nature, the jurors, galleries, and fellow artists who've made space for both bodies of work to continue be seen.
