By the time Cole began painting, the native population had experienced genicide, land had been clear-cut for farming, and the railroad was becoming a major transportation force - all of this changed the landscape in significant ways.

… it presents the Native voice as an alternative view, instead of the primary view - as a perspective instead of as truth.

Until I determined that my work could only make sense to me right now if it addressed the current state of the environment, I never thought about the Hudson River School painters…

Pouring, soaking rain felt inconvenient and real, like I had left Disneyland.

I’m looking at how climate change, land privitization and land-use has altered the landscape, what we have lost, and what we likely will lose if we continue on the path we have already laid.