Artist Statement Robert Irwin once said, “Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.” Suspending preconceptions allows us to “see” and experience interdependence. I believe in the direct power of the image, the power of sound, sensation and experience. For me art creates windows into this network of interdependence and portholes into the system of life. My work springs from the natural and urban landscape. It is a study of “place,” and its influence on human survival, behavior, interaction and creation. My practice reflects my curiosity and interest in interdependence and the phenomena of communication and illusion. My anthropological training informs my work even when it does not directly determine its methodology. Travel abroad and within the United States heightened my awareness and sensitivity to the diversity of planetary ecology and the geo-socio-cultural particularities of each place. From these experiences my art practice emerges in concert with my commitment to environmental, political and social action. My current work explores different forms of ‘Narritory', an invented word I use to describe ‘the navigation of new territory (physical or metaphorical) through story or narrative'. This new emphasis continues my on-going investigation of interdependence and relationships formed and voiced between people, places, animals and things; the way that people are and become connected to each other, land, territory, other creatures, home, belongings and experiences. Through playful experimentation, action research, an evolving participatory arts practice, radio broadcasts, sound installation, photography and daily-thought drawings, I am exploring stories as portals into other worlds, places, and people, paradigms, times past, the future and myself. Collaboration is an important part of my arts practice. I have been collaborating with Anna Keleher ( who lives in Devon, England) since October, 2007. Our collaborative practice arose  from shared interests in archeology, Dartmoor National Park, walking and sound collection and has evolved through continued exploration of place and site-specific works. In August 2009 the participatory piece "Approaching an Exchange" will be transposed from its original location in Dartmoor National Park to a site in New Mexico for Dispersal/Return/Land Arts 2000-2006.