The Artist

I paint regions vulnerable to climate change and degradation to bridge art, science, and environmental education. Since 2005 I have focused on polar and glaciated regions where I have often collaborated with scientific research teams. In the field I sketch with ink and watercolor media and have recently begun collecting audio recordings. This work becomes the basis for studio paintings and educational materials.

My interest in field art and science was first inspired by the tradition of traveling artists such as Emily Carr in British Columbia, Thomas Moran in the American West, and Edward Wilson in Antarctica. It was further piqued by two summers with the Juneau Icefield Research Program (’99, ’03) and through my education at Carleton College (class of ’04) where I majored in studio art and painted in West Africa and the South Pacific. After graduation, I was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to travel around the world for one year to pursue my project, “Ties to the Land, Exploring Remote Regions through Art.” Since then I have continued to travel and paint through artist-in-residence and scientific opportunities.

I currently live in Seattle with my husband Darin Reid, an independent web developer.