If there is one issue that I feel most strongly about, it is what we are doing to this planet. Climate change affects so many parts of our lives, from pollinators and the food we eat, to extreme weather events and the economy and equality, to mass extinctions of animals and mass migrations of people and wars. But the good news is we can do something about it. We can all take steps in our homes and communities to make small changes, and we can support the people who come up with the big plans to make the big changes. It will take a (global) village.

Much of my artwork addresses the impact of global warming on wildlife in the western US. As water becomes scarcer, many species are threatened by drought, changing food sources, and habitat loss, while some, like the coyote, prosper as they learn to adapt. I paint the wildlife of the west while symbolically representing these changes through altered color, line, and shape. By doing this, I am acknowledging that their world, and their chances of survival, are changing as we alter the landscapes and climate of our shared planet.