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Artist Statement:

 The subject of my art has always been animals and nature. After moving to the US, in 1998, I was struck by how disconnected people seemed to be from nature and how western cultures seem to be increasingly moving towards commodity/commercial cultures. For the past 7 years I have been making art about our relationship with the food chain and how contemporary farming practices are neither sustainable nor healthy. These pieces, mainly etchings, screenprints and encaustic, are more serious in mood and based on facts.

Recently I have started a new series which is more imaginative and whimsical. The theme is our relationship with animals that are being pushed out of their habitats by sprawling cities. Part of the inspiration for this series comes from George Orwell’s book Animal Farm and old folktales. In these pieces the animals are secretly spying on us and plotting to take their homeland back.

I use a variety of printmaking and drawing techniques, depending on what materials are available to me at a given time and what best suits the message I am trying to communicate.