By cultivating an intimate relationship between my creative process and the landscape, I hope to work toward a sense of reciprocity and healing between humans and nature in Appalachia. My work is deeply tied to my home landscape of the Monongahela National Forest. I often create work on location—by the river or in the mountains—and incorporate foraged materials that I find there.
To see more of my art and catch up with what I’m working on right now, check out my instagram page @nevada.wv or my Substack (find a link on my homepage).
Here My Mind May Rest (diptych) | daylily leaves and wrapped wire on fabric | 2025
The Wind & The Trees & The Sun In Between | birch twigs, mixed fibers, handmade paper, wire | 2024
Glimpses of a Bygone Backyard | handwoven fabric | 2025
Deep Peace Found in Shade and Sun | cyanotype on handmade paper, handwoven fabric, black birch twig | 2025
Vines From the Fairytale Garden of My Mind | mixed fibers | 2025
Deep In My Soul is a Glorious Slice of Open Sky | handwoven fabric, handmade paper, madder root, wrapped wire | 2025
Detail view of A Stump Healed Over | mixed fibers, dowel rods, handmade paper | 2023
A Stump Healed Over | mixed fibers, dowel rods, handmade paper | 2023
Enchantment Is All In The Noticing | tulip poplar seeds, sycamore bark, thread | 2023
Map of Stillness | handmade paper, sycamore seed, ink, thread | 2022
Veneration of Acorns 2 | handmade paper, acorn caps, tulip poplar seeds, decorative elements | 2025
Veneration of Acorns 3 | handmade paper, acorn caps, tulip poplar seeds, decorative elements | 2025
Gallery view of three pieces, all inspired by the Shaver’s Fork River near Elkins, WV | 2023
These are the Shades of the Rocks the Raised Me | rock pigments on vintage fabric | 2025
Ballad of Being | handmade paper, rock pigment, map, collage | 2023
Something Special | tulip poplar seeds, handmade paper, thread | 2023 | installation piece for Trails and Tributaries show at Commnonplace Coffee, Pittsburgh, PA
And Always I Return to the River | rock pigments, handmade paper, watercolor, words | 2023
Unravel | Cyanotype on handmade paper | 2023
Roots & Veins | tulip poplar seeds, handmade paper, watercolor | 2023
Something Good on the Horizon | handwoven fabric | 2025
Gallery view of three pieces, featuring tulip poplar seeds and handmade paper with embedded objects | 2023
Unexplored Terrain 1 | handmade paper, rock pigment, ink | 2023
Process photo of developing cyanotypes with river water | Shaver’s Fork River, WV | 2023
We Who Live Between The Folds | map, thread, time | 2022 | stitched slowly with my sewing bike
If Moss Can Make It Through Winter So Can I | mixed fibers and paper | 2023
Detail view of If Moss Can Make It Through Winter So Can I | 2023
Finding the Ground and the Sky | handmade paper, thread, mixed fibers | 2021
Installation view of Trails and Tributaries show at Lost River Trading Post’s Grasshopper Gallery | 2023
Gallery view of several pieces, featuring a sculptural wall piece made from handmade paper and tulip poplar seeds | 2022
Detail view of Finding The Ground And The Sky | 2021
Process image of The River Sings to Me | 2023
Process image of The River Sings To Me | 2023
The River Sings to Me | river water, rock pigment | 2023 | temporary mural installed at Taylor Books, Charleston, WV
Process image of painting with rock pigment by the Shaver’s Fork River | 2023
The River Sings to Me | river water, rock pigment | 2023 | temporary mural installed at Taylor Books, Charleston, WV