BACKGROUNDS AND INFLUENCES • The most consistent thread that has wound through my life and art is a reverence for the natural world in all its forms and complexity.

WHY SCIENCE AND ART • Throughout my life I have always walked a line between the worlds of art and science. Before studying biology I spent three years in Japan. As a biologist I worked extensively in the tropical rainforests of Central America – an experience that shaped my life as profoundly as the years I spent in the Orient. While working in the tropics, I also delved extensively into photography - a medium that I have worked in since middle school.

After finishing my doctorate, I helped found an interdisciplinary research and outreach institute at the University of Texas called the Environmental Science Institute. I left the institute in 2007 in order to return to my own works so that I can better communicate my wonder, astonishment and concerns about the world to others.