Raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma and influenced by the local landscape and wildlife, I use the surrounding materials I collect from nature to create mixed media art including sculpture, photography and pressed plant works. This recent collection was inspired by fossils, geology and the idea of dirt having memory. Each soil sphere was sculpted by hand using clay, sand and pigments ground from various plants and minerals in a primally engaging process. These imperfect, impermanent dirt balls each tell a story, capturing individual moments in time.