Exhibit Statement:

This series began in the months living in Asheville after Hurricane Helene struck in late 2024, devastating large parts of Western North Carolina. 

In the aftermath of the storm, I remember sitting in my studio feeling lost, as so many of us were. I was one of the fortunate ones—my home and studio were largely undamaged—but in the weeks that followed, I struggled to find my way back to my work. Creativity can feel elusive after living in a prolonged state of fight-or-flight. 

During difficult times, I often remind myself that “every hour that passes is an hour closer to getting through.” That thought led me to the medieval Book of Hours—illuminated devotional books organized around particular hours of the day, offering their readers recurring moments for prayer and reflection. Although I am agnostic, I have long been drawn to the beauty of illuminated manuscripts and religious iconography, and especially to the idea of marking the passage of time through contemplation. 

I began to think of these works as my own book of hours: guideposts for hope and reflection during a period of profound disruption. Through layers of natural, symbolic, and technological imagery, I built illuminated spaces that move between the familiar and the otherworldly. The process of layering became meditative in itself—a way of finding order, beauty, and possibility within uncertainty. 

At the same time, the series reflects on our increasingly complicated relationship with technology and nature when faced with climate change and the increase in natural disasters. These works inhabit the space where those worlds intersect, asking how we orient ourselves in a time of environmental instability and rapid technological change—and where, amid that uncertainty, we might still find moments of wonder, resilience, and hope.