Art & visual essay

The Voyage of the Howship Lacuna

All bones are cathedrals, all cells cloisters. I found my heart had hardened. The sonnet was a monastery to thaw…

In 2020, I began painting Swedish Dala horses—a symbol of protection and happiness—to deal with the complexity and sadness of…

My visual essay, “Three Hills,” was published by Newfound in 2019. “Three Hills” is about the sound of walking on snow-…

My visual essay “The Flock” was published by formercactus in 2018. “The Flock” is about pigeons, patterns, and being scared that nothing…

My visual essay, Dirty Entry, was published by Noble / Gas Qtrly in 2018. “Dirty Entry” is about growing up…

My visual essay, “Four Sleepscapes,” was published by Atlas and Alice in 2019. “Four Sleepscapes” is about how dogs are magical, insomnia,…

My visual essay, “Blót,” was published in the Maps issue of Territory in 2018. “Blót” is about the Ragnarök of Norse mythology…

Four of these drawings about how we were here were published in Issue I of The Hopper, a beautiful environmental literary…

“Midway-North” is a photo essay about a road and an intersection in northeastern Minnesota. An excerpt in different form appeared…

“20 cups” is a visual essay about heritage, coffee, ghosts, and the patterns coffee makes when it condenses in cold…

“Zea” is a visual essay about insects and watching insects and thinking about insects. 2015, gouache and ink on paper…

In November 2014, the Mississippi froze (hard), and I made eight maps of the ice patterns on the river. The…

“Heart 360” is a personal illustration project I completed in the spring and summer of 2014. My goal was to…