Indicators
The Indicators series of work visualizes my conversations and time spent out in the field with my friend and Botanist at the Latah Soil and Water Conservation District, Brenda Erhardt, as she monitors Water Howellia, a threatened plant species in Idaho. This piece brings attention to the relationship between Water Howellia and Reedcanary grass as an indication of larger impacts on our regional landscape over time. My interest stems from the actual work of tromping through ponds looking for plants, but also the larger metaphors about caring for parts of our world that are seemingly insignificant or fragile, such as a plant most people don’t know the name of or will never see. In this series, I am guided by the question “why should we care?” This iteration isn’t an answer, but rather my current stage of listening and looking.
Indicators; Water Howelia and Reed Canarygrass, Mixed media, 7 ft, 2023
Fieldwork
Images from 2022 at two monitoring sites - vernal ponds along the Palouse River near Harvard, Idaho.
Indicators
The Indicators series of work visualizes my conversations and time spent out in the field with my friend and Botanist at the Latah Soil and Water Conservation District, Brenda Erhardt, as she monitors Water Howellia, a threatened plant species in Idaho. This piece brings attention to the relationship between Water Howellia and Reedcanary grass as an indication of larger impacts on our regional landscape over time. My interest stems from the actual work of tromping through ponds looking for plants, but also the larger metaphors about caring for parts of our world that are seemingly insignificant or fragile, such as a plant most people don’t know the name of or will never see. In this series, I am guided by the question “why should we care?” This iteration isn’t an answer, but rather my current stage of listening and looking.
Indicators; Water Howelia and Reed Canarygrass, Mixed media, 7 ft, 2023
Fieldwork
Images from 2022 at two monitoring sites - vernal ponds along the Palouse River near Harvard, Idaho.