Baptism (Wet Mill), May 2025.

“Ludwig Feuerbach says a wonderful thing about baptism. I have it marked. He says, ‘Water is the purest, clearest of liquids; in virtue of this its natural character it is the image of the spotless nature of the Divine Spirit. In short, water has a significance in itself, as water; it is on account of its natural quality that it is consecrated and selected as the vehicle of the Holy Spirit. So far there lies at the foundation of Baptism a beautiful, profound natural significance.’” ––Marilynne Robinson, Gilead

This project explores water as a sacred and transformative element through documentation of industrial wetland sites. It was made as a contribution to a group show called Art in the Field. I was among artists selected to travel throughout the southeast via the Social Ecology Studio, and create work reflecting the experience. The work features photography from the Chemours Mine in Southeast Georgia, the Ryam Speciality Cellulose Mill, and the Okefenokee Swamp region, which I turned into a digital collage, and then used as a reference for the painting I was invisioning.