SIREN SONG

(The Salton Sea, California. 2015 - 2019)

The landscape of California’s Salton Sea calls to me, again and again. I am drawn to the paradoxes of this place that brims with hope and despair. Town streets with their illusion of emptiness emanate a sense of presence. Time itself seems to stand still.

Here, I feel suspended between past and future, between memories and dreams. Windows are an inescapable motif in this project, serving as a portal to worlds both real and conjured. Through them and in them I catch glimpses and reflections of myself. Trees are another central motif. Their persistence provides solace. The ghosts of place intersect with my personal ghosts. The traces of lives lived and the desert surroundings evoke a sad familiarity. Bone and stone become one.

The Salton Sea is my siren song.