EntangledandIngested

No verão depois do meu primeiro ano de faculdade, caminhando na floresta da Carolina do Norte, encontrei uma mariposa luna perfeita, mas morta, na trilha. Guardei-o e usei-o na minha primeira aula de impressão. Eu estava viciado imediatamente em insetos como um assunto.

Eu gostei que eles são muitas vezes ignorados ou depreciados, mas quando examinados de perto são únicos e bonitos.

Comecei a colecionar insetos e a verificar livros de entomologia da biblioteca. Amigos e vizinhos rotineiramente me traziam insetos estranhos que encontravam pela casa. Gostei tanto de aprender sobre insetos que voltei para a Universidade para me formar em Biologia e Antropologia. Minha pesquisa se concentrou nas interações entre insetos e humanos. Isso acabou me levando a um doutorado em governança e sustentabilidade. Agora eu pesquiso a política ambiental e como as pessoas tomam decisões sobre recursos naturais.

Como impressor, explorei muitas mídias diferentes. Ocasionalmente eu posso postar um item vintage feito por mim na minha juventude (uma gravura ou litografia), mas no meu estúdio de casa eu faço principalmente blocos de madeira e linóleo.

Aqui estão alguns dos lugares que meu trabalho foi exibido:
Exposições Solo
2014 Middletown Framing, North End Art Walk, Middletown, Connecticut.
2012 Middletown Framing, North End Art Walk, Middletown, Connecticut.
Galeria Hall 2002, Comissão de Artes de Lowndes, Valdosta, Geórgia.
1999 New Works, The College of Charleston, Albert Simons Center for the
Artes, Charleston, Carolina do Sul.

Exposições de Grupo
2015
-----60ª Exposição e Venda Anual de Jurados, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, Connecticut.
-----A Exposição Internacional de Impressão Em Miniatura (AIMPE), outubro-novembro, Tokushima, Japão.
-----Post Landfill Action Network "The Art of Reuse", 11 de outubro, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH.
-----Feet to the Fire: Riverfront Encounter realizado em Middletown, CT, no sábado, 9 de maio, patrocinado pela Faculdade de Meio Ambiente da Universidade Wesleyana.
-----Annual Member Show, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut.

2014
-----Atomic STEaM Photography Show, Museu Nacional de Ciência Nuclear & História (um museu afiliado ao Smithsonian).
-----59ª Exposição e Venda Anual do Júri, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, Connecticut

2013
-----58ª Exposição e Venda Anual do Júri, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, CT
-----Weird Science, Middletown Artists Cooperative, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT
-----Paíspassadas, Cooperativa de Artistas de Middletown, Galeria MAC650, Middletown, CT
-----Os animais que amamos, Gallery Arts Guild, Lakeville, CT

2001
bienal -----halpert, Appalachian State University, Boone, Carolina do Norte.
----- The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, Carolina do Sul.

2000
-----Rocky Mountain Arts Center 43ª Mostra Anual de Arte ao Ar Livre, Rocky Mountain, NC
----- The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, Carolina do Sul.

1999
-----A Mostra Anual de Estudantes Jovens Contemporâneos, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

1996
-----A Mostra Anual de Estudantes Jovens Contemporâneos, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

1995
-----A Mostra Anual de Estudantes Jovens Contemporâneos, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

Miscelânea
2015
-----Woodblock impressão no Wet Paint on the Weskeag Auction para beneficiar o Georges River Land Trust, 16 de agosto, South Thomaston, Maine
-----McLain's Printmaking Online and Print Catalog artista selecionado

2014
-----Commission, bloco de madeira feito à mão para Taino Smokehouse, Middletown, Connecticut
----- De dezembro. Oficina pública de impressão no Green Street Art Center, Middletown, CT, em colaboração com a Equipe de Ação north end
----- de novembro. Oficina pública de impressão no Green Street Art Center, Middletown, CT, em colaboração com a Equipe de Ação north end
----- outubro. "Craftivism on Main Street", evento de arte pública com a Equipe de Ação North End na Main Street, Middletown, CT

The summer after my first year of college, hiking in the woods of North Carolina, I found a perfectly pristine but dead Luna Moth on the trail. I kept it and used it in my first printmaking class. I was hooked immediately on insects as a subject matter.

I liked that they are often ignored or disparaged, but when examined closely are unique and beautiful.

I began collecting insects and checking entomology books out of the library. Friends and neighbors would routinely bring me strange bugs they found around the house. I enjoyed learning about insects so much that I went back to University for degrees in Biology and Anthropology. My research focused on the interactions between insects and humans. This eventually led me to a PhD in governance and sustainability. Now I research environmental policy and how people make decisions about natural resources.

As a printmaker I've explored many different media. Occasionally I may post a vintage item made by me in my younger days (an etching or lithograph), but in my home studio I make primarily wood and linoleum blocks.

Here are a few of the places my work has been exhibited:
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Middletown Framing, North End Art Walk, Middletown, Connecticut.
2012 Middletown Framing, North End Art Walk, Middletown, Connecticut.
2002 Hall Gallery, Lowndes Arts Commission, Valdosta, Georgia.
1999 New Works, The College of Charleston, Albert Simons Center for the
Arts, Charleston, South Carolina.

Group Exhibitions
2015
-----60th Annual Juried Exhibit and Sale, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, Connecticut.
-----Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (AIMPE), October- November, Tokushima, Japan.
-----Post Landfill Action Network “The Art of Reuse”, October 11, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH.
-----Feet to the Fire: Riverfront Encounter held in Middletown, CT, on Saturday May 9th, sponsored by Wesleyan University’s College of the Environment.
-----Annual Member Show, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut.

2014
-----Atomic STEaM Photography Show, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (a Smithsonian affiliated museum).
-----59th Annual Juried Exhibit and Sale, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, Connecticut

2013
-----58th Annual Juried Exhibit and Sale, Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, CT
-----Weird Science, Middletown Artists Cooperative, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT
-----Passionate Waters, Middletown Artists Cooperative, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT
-----The Animals We Love, Gallery Arts Guild, Lakeville, CT

2001
-----Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
----- The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.

2000
-----Rocky Mountain Arts Center 43rd Annual Outdoor Art Show, Rocky Mountain, NC
----- The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.

1999
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

1996
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

1995
-----The Young Contemporaries Annual Student Show, The Halsey Gallery, The College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

Miscellany
2015
-----Woodblock print in the Wet Paint on the Weskeag Auction to benefit the Georges River Land Trust, August 16, South Thomaston, Maine
-----McLain’s Printmaking Online and Print Catalog selected artist

2014
-----Commission, hand-made wood block for Taino Smokehouse, Middletown, Connecticut
-----December. Public printmaking workshop at the Green Street Art Center, Middletown, CT, in collaboration with the North End Action Team
-----November. Public printmaking workshop at the Green Street Art Center, Middletown, CT, in collaboration with the North End Action Team
-----October. “Craftivism on Main Street,” public art event with the North End Action Team on Main Street, Middletown, CT