works in progress…
I have photographed the land and water around Indiana for a number of years, recording nature mediated by human interaction and interference. This work, that is ongoing, explores the embedded history of objects and places, and how history and folklore can inform our relationship with the world.
Mound Remains and Monument, near Beck’s Mill, Washington Co., 2022
Mound and Depression, Batesville, MS, 2022
Waapaahsiki Siipiiwi Mound Historical Park, Sullivan Co., 2022
Sugarloaf Mound, Knox Co., 2022
Mound C, Batesville, MS, 2022
Mound and Monument, Vicksburg National
Military Park, Vicksburg, MS, 2022
Angel Mounds, Vanderburgh Co, 2022
Angel Mounds, Archival inkjet print from film, circa 1980-83
Angel Mounds, 1983
Much of Indiana’s history has been affected by the availability, movement, redirection and innate properties of water. Ebb and Flow highlights some of the State’s forgotten waters, bottled and free flowing, visible and hidden from view. A chemical compound, essential for life, water has medicinal and healing properties, the power, too to carve stone and move earth.
Ebb and Flow touches on the social and economic history of Indiana Mineral waters, including those from French Lick, West Baden, Martinsville and the historic springs of Martin County. The economic impact of these waters was widely touted at the turn of the century. Indiana had over 23 productive mineral springs in 1905. Resorts and sanitariums were built all over the state, the best known being West Baden Springs in French Lick, Indiana, which exists to this day.
Subterranean flows and hidden water systems abound in Southern Indiana. Limestone karst features such as sinkholes, disappearing streams, caves and springs are numerous, and much of this photographic documentation highlights the way that water has shifted and molded the local sandstone and limestone geology. These images of the Lost River, limestone caves and karst drainage systems capture enduring features of the landscape that are all too easily overlooked.
Ebb and Flow is an ongoing collaborative project with Printmaker Tracy Templeton.
Reflections: Trees, 2022, 38”x38”, Inkjet prints on Uruyu papers
Spout Springs, Martin County, Indiana, 2020, Postcard, circa 1930 Courtesy of The Indiana Album
Spout Springs, located outside Shoals Indiana, has a long history providing water to locals and as a Native American meeting place.
Environs, 2021, 19 x 28.25”, archival inkjet prints, gouache
Donaldson Cave, Lawrence County, Indiana, 2020
Carl Eigenmann standing outside the entrance of Donaldson/Bronson cave, Lawrence County, Indiana, Courtesy of IU Archives, circa 1905
This cave is part of the Shawnee cave system, comprised of over 8000 feet of passages. A stream originates in the area and flows through the cave.
White River (flow), 2021, 11.5 x 19”, archival inkjet prints, gouache
Wabash, 2021, 18 x 12.75”, archival inkjet prints, gouache
Cave River, Washington County, Indiana, 2020, Postcard, circa 1900
The Cave River Valley Natural Area was long developed as an outdoor recreation area, housing a mill and distillery.
Reflections: Flood, 2022, 15”x28”, Inkjet prints on Uruyu papers
White River (winter), 2021, 13 x 20”, archival inkjet prints, gouache
Rise, 2022, HD, 3:31
Wesley Chapel Gulf, 2021, 12.75 x 19”, archival inkjet print, gouache
Reflections:Pluto Water, 2022, 21”x22”, Inkjet prints on Uruyu papers
Lost River, 2021, 15.5 x 12.75”, archival inkjet prints, gouache
White River (flood), 2021, 12.75 x 18.75”, archival inkjet prints, gouache
Trinity Springs, Martin County, Indiana, 2020, Postcard, Circa 1919 Courtesy of The Indiana Album
Trinity Springs was a center for therapeutic sanitariums in the late 19th-early 20th century. There were approximately seven tourist hotels in the area, taking advantage of three natural springs.
Reflections: Levels, 2022, 18.5”x54”, Inkjet prints on Uruyu papers
Lake, 2021, 11.5 x 18.75”, archival inkjet prints, gouache
Monroe County, 2021, 25.5 x 19”, archival inkjet prints, gouache
Near Madisonville, LA
Kudzu Field, near Port Gibson, MS
Ruins of Mississippi River Basin Model, near Jackson, MS
On the Natchez Trace, MS
Near Madisonville, LA