I am a nature photographer, illustrator, printmaker, and citizen naturalist. My work explores the intelligence, beauty, and quiet teachings of Midwestern and surrounding ecosystems. Rooted at the crossroads of science, art, magic, and healing, I document a world often overlooked: the vibrant lives of plants, the hopeful resilience of our vanishing prairies, and the hidden rhythms of our forests. My process begins with slow, immersive time in the landscape. Long hikes through the woods. Quiet paddles on still waters. Many contemplative hours among wildflowers and moss. I shoot and develop my images digitally, capturing raw digital negatives that I process and print using a digital equivalent of a darkroom process. Each image is carefully crafted through this method, aiming to preserve as much of the depth and nuance of the moment as this two-dimensional medium will allow. Nothing is staged—all photographs capture spotaneous moments in nature as I experienced them. Through intimate, close-up portraits of nature, I create visual stories that reveal survival, connection, and adaptation at work in these ecosystems. More than just photographs, my images reflect on what the natural world teaches us about growth, belonging, and human connection. I see ecosystems as living models of collaboration and mutual support—where every organism’s mere existence contributes, often in ways not immediately visible. This view is validating and empowering, inviting us to reimagine ourselves with more acceptance, wholeness, and peace. Nearly half of my work focuses on native plants. Their inventiveness has shown me that nature is enduringly creative and clever, which in turn has given me permission to be the same—to experiment, to adapt, and to see that I am exactly who and what I need to be in this moment. “Study the science of art; Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” LEONARDO DAVINCI “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—over and over announcing your place in the family of things.” MARY OLIVER “Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me.” LESLIE FEINBERG