Rural Rhythms

A series of nine risograph art prints inspired by my childhood backyard in rural Wacousta, Michigan.

Printed in Detroit • Individually titled and signed • Free U.S. Shipping

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Two-print sets designed to live together.

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    Back to my hometown

    I returned to the places that continue to shape how I see.

    Some of my strongest memories are tied to the sky. Watching storm clouds roll across a field. Standing still as the light changed.

    The places that stay with us are often the ones we hardly notice at first. A familiar stretch of road. A backyard view that quietly became a memory.

    Certain scenes stay with us—not because they're remarkable, but because they became part of our daily lives.

    Growing up in rural Michigan

    At age nine, my family moved from the city of Lansing to build a home in rural Wacousta, where the quiet and openness felt unfamiliar at first. With more distance between houses and open fields around us, light and shadow had room to settle. I began to see how corn stalks carried their own shape and became patterns when repeated across a field, how long shadows stretched as day turned to night, and how the landscape shifted from season to season.

    Without the steady noise of sirens and traffic, other sounds came forward—frogs singing at the pond, birds flocking and nesting, and the occasional squeak from the weathervane. Years later, after returning to city living, I realized how deeply those rural rhythms had shaped the way I notice and experience the world.

    (Left/First) May 28, 1994 - Driving grandpa's mower for the first time with my dad in the trailer

    (Right/Second) October 10, 1993 - Standing on a hill of dirt in the front yard while the house was being built

    Printed in Detroit

    Produced at Small Works Detroit using risograph printing. Each print is made one color at a time, creating subtle variations in texture and depth of color. Printed with rice bran oil–based inks on 216 gsm acid-free archival paper. Each print is titled and signed.

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    Art shaped by life in Michigan

    Influenced by the rhythms, patterns, and textures in the world around me, I draw intuitively, letting each mark lead to the next without erasing or reworking. My practice is one of presence, acceptance, and finding beauty in a journey unfolding.

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