Pattern
science, spirit, and Earth’s poetic force
This work is the result of my research as part of the degree process for Master of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2025. This thesis is an exploration of pattern in nature through the lens of my own human experience, and the real-time development of a visual lexicon to translate my interpretation of Earth’s language of animacy.
The works are an iterative investigation of three species of birds — the American white pelican, turkey vulture and common starling — and the patterns that make up both their bodies and ecological stories. This thesis is an exploration of these patterns in relation to my own human experience. It is also a real-time development of a drawing technique of meticulous pattern and color building to communicate both literal and metaphorical interpretations of interacting with ecological patterns.
Installation at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2025
In Numbers
Watercolor, gouache, ink on paper, 55”x30”
Detail of In Numbers
Prairie Shore
Watercolor, gouache, ink on paper, 30”x55”
Detail of Prairie Shore
Overflow
Watercolor, gouache, ink on paper, 30”x55”
Detail of Overflow
Big Bill eats a fish
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, actual size
42.3” x 51.4” x 1.25”, acrylic on plywood
Detail of Big Bill eats a fish
Buzzard
Cathartes aura, actual size
39.5” x 17.5” x 2”, acrylic on plywood
Detail of Buzzard
Mimics (1)
Sturnus vulgaris, actual size
10.6” x 13.3” x 0.63”, acrylic on plywood
Mimics (2)
Sturnus vulgaris, actual size
Top 9.9” x 7.8” x 0.63”, acrylic on plywood
Mimics (3)
Sturnus vulgaris, actual size
8.4” x 8.2” x 0.63”, acrylic on plywood
