
setting studio up for
prairie session at
Neale Woods
Omaha, Nebraska

Making and being on the road has also had a grasp on my mind. Achieving complete mobility so I could pack my vehicle up and go seems incredibly rewarding for my practice and desire equally. Removing my flowerchild bias: I’m interested in pushing the boundaries of the studio for traditional practices into a space of accessibility both socially and financially. Breaking down each aspect of what makes up a studio space
solvents
disposilbes (paper towels, gloves, etc)
inks , dyes, paints, etc
tools/utensils
paper/fabrics/fibers
tables/storage/racks
waste receptacles
to the complete basics, so one's studio is no longer confined to traditional settings. To play devil's advocate, this inherently brings up the question of the community present in conventional brick and mortar studios. Questioning what is needed to create a functioning studio is not mutually exclusive to community interaction and creation.

The core of this mindset of making is a vast opportunity for any artist to make anywhere. I have had the incredible fortune of working with Evan Marnell, which brought my studio from Chicago to Omaha, NE, through Colorado; to southern Utah; Bishop, CA; down RT 1 through Big Sur, CA; to San Diego, CA; back to Omaha, NE; and finally back to Chicago. With a successful trial run, I am excited to continue honing down my studio and expanding my studio walls.
Are my etching plates ready to print? Do I have the time and money to pick up and go? Am I at a printing point in my practice, is there research work, illustrating, website building to be done first? At this stage of my practice, printing etchings has been given the most consideration in my mobile studio efforts, aside from drawing and writing. Prepping and etching my copper plates still happens within studio walls, although these processes have been converted to home studio use. Other processes frequently in my practice, such as, papermaking, natural processes, and alternative photography are also grounded in home studio use. Funding and resources present real obstacles for emerging artists. Simplifying my studio to materials that are within my means is one the many goals with this mode of making, however mobility is not cheap. The Test Prints Test 2: Color Tests - allowing the landscape to guide my color choices, dirt bag style was made possible with the support from Evan Marnell and his efforts with Home.


It's quite simple. First, I would rather be outside. Working, resting, exercising, eating, socializing, living, I would rather be experiencing all these components of life in new, familiar, grand, mundane landscapes. I want to see and feel the land that every species depends on for life. My practice depends on having at the very least some fundamental understanding of earth sciences, while my mind is obsessed with absorbing natural wonders (climbing rocks