This will be technically my first solo exhibit in GR. I have been working on the theme of seeds, food and nature; going from construction black and white blockprints to a more abstract colorful representation of seeds.

The artwork explores our relationship with food and the environment. Seeds tell the story of our relationship with food and our kinship with the land. My works give tribute to those who are working hard to protect what is rightfully theirs, and ours.

Nine years ago my life was changed by the act of  sowing a seed, turning me from the actor to the spectator of this transformation that ended with a garden full of vegetables.

While the transformation from seed to plant to vegetable to seed again was going on. learning about the politics of food and seed was what really changed me I went through another transformation from oblivious, to elated to concerned to enraged.

By saving seeds from my garden to plant the next year, I participated in a process that people around the world have taken part in for thousands of years, and every year seeds are saved to be our future food.. The industrial process of genetically modifying seed has transformed our 10,000 year heritage into branded, private property,. My work give tribute to those who are working hard to protect what is rightfully theirs, and

ours

In this exhibit the orange cones represent our relation with nature which at some point  is so absurd it becomes comical. Development of the land means destruction of the land. By constructing roads to unaccessible places, those same places get so intensively exploited they eventually disappear.

Seeds on the other hand represent our relation with food, the importance of saving seeds to preserve our natural heritage.

If you want to take part in this effort, please take a bag of seeds and take good care of them, plant them and witness the wonderful cycle that begins and ends with every single seed.

The exhibit opens Sunday January 12th,

Artist Reception, 12 to 1:30 p.m. Sunday January 25.

Fountain Street Church Keeler Gallery, , located at 24 Fountain St. NE.