Everglades
Select photographic materials from my research trip to the Everglades wetlands, a 1.5 million acre preserve on the southern tip of Florida studying the invasive flora, fauna and effects of water pollution.
Everglades
Select photographic materials from my research trip to the Everglades wetlands, a 1.5 million acre preserve on the southern tip of Florida studying the invasive flora, fauna and effects of water pollution.
Louisiana Bayou / Atchafalaya Basin
Select photographic materials from my research trip to the Atchafalaya Basin and regions bayous, Louisiana, studying the geography and devastating consequences of oil drilling in bayous and wetlands.
Louisiana Bayou / Atchafalaya Basin
Select photographic materials from my research trip to the Atchafalaya Basin and regions bayous, Louisiana, studying the geography and devastating consequences of oil drilling in bayous and wetlands.
High Peaks
The highest Himalayan mountains explore the ideas of the never-ending battle between humans and the environment. The language of landscape generally owned by the painting genre transcends here into a painting/sculpture hybrid.
High Peaks
The highest Himalayan mountains explore the ideas of the never-ending battle between humans and the environment. The language of landscape generally owned by the painting genre transcends here into a painting/sculpture hybrid.
Lava Bed, Kilauea Series
This series of low-relief modular wall works are based on on-site aerial and on-the-ground photographs shot in the Hawaiian shield volcano of Kilauea.
Lava Bed, Kilauea Series
This series of low-relief modular wall works are based on on-site aerial and on-the-ground photographs shot in the Hawaiian shield volcano of Kilauea.
Arctic Mountains, Svalbard Series
A series of low-relief modular wall works based on research trips to the Arctic Circle using sheets of cotton pulp in natural white to emulate snow.
Arctic Mountains, Svalbard Series
A series of low-relief modular wall works based on research trips to the Arctic Circle using sheets of cotton pulp in natural white to emulate snow.
Arctic Landscapes
Highly detailed drawing/collages produced from on-site aerial and on-the-ground photographs shot in the Arctic’s Svalbard Archipelago.
Arctic Landscapes
Highly detailed drawing/collages produced from on-site aerial and on-the-ground photographs shot in the Arctic’s Svalbard Archipelago.
Arctic: Dark/Light Ice
Works inspired by the Arctic’s Svalbard Archipelago research trip and produced in an elaborate multistage process.
Arctic: Dark/Light Ice
Works inspired by the Arctic’s Svalbard Archipelago research trip and produced in an elaborate multistage process.
Pyramiden/Permafrost
A two-sided sculpture inspired by the utopian settlement of Pyramiden, an abandoned soviet town and coal mining community in the Svalbard Archipelago.
Pyramiden/Permafrost
A two-sided sculpture inspired by the utopian settlement of Pyramiden, an abandoned soviet town and coal mining community in the Svalbard Archipelago.
The Arctic
Documentation from the the summer of 2013 research expedition to the Svalbard Islands and surrounding Arctic Circle region.
The Arctic
Documentation from the the summer of 2013 research expedition to the Svalbard Islands and surrounding Arctic Circle region.
Mongolia: Gobi Desert
Select documentation of the 2012 excursion to the Ikh Gazriin Chuluu area in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert.
Mongolia: Gobi Desert
Select documentation of the 2012 excursion to the Ikh Gazriin Chuluu area in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert.
Haiti / Dominican Republic
Select photographic and video documentation from a research trip to Port-au-Prince and surrounding regions, eight months after the 2010 earthquake.
Haiti / Dominican Republic
Select photographic and video documentation from a research trip to Port-au-Prince and surrounding regions, eight months after the 2010 earthquake.
West Virginia
Select photographic and video materials from a research trip to strip mining sites in the Kayford Mountain region of southern West Virginia.
West Virginia
Select photographic and video materials from a research trip to strip mining sites in the Kayford Mountain region of southern West Virginia.
U.S. / Mexico Border
Select photographs from a 3000-mile research tour of the US/Mexico border, picturing border crossings, old and new fence, and individuals interviewed.
U.S. / Mexico Border
Select photographs from a 3000-mile research tour of the US/Mexico border, picturing border crossings, old and new fence, and individuals interviewed.
Haiti / Dominican Republic Border
Collage drawings based upon a research trip to Haiti in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Haiti / Dominican Republic Border
Collage drawings based upon a research trip to Haiti in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Haiti: Tree Ruins & Tree Line
A series of etchings inspired by the 2010 research trip to Haiti and produced with the Lower East Side Printshop.
Haiti: Tree Ruins & Tree Line
A series of etchings inspired by the 2010 research trip to Haiti and produced with the Lower East Side Printshop.
Everglades Forest Fires
Collage drawings based on extensive research of and multiple filed trips to numerous forest fire sites in the Florida Everglades.
Everglades Forest Fires
Collage drawings based on extensive research of and multiple filed trips to numerous forest fire sites in the Florida Everglades.
Arctic Ink Drawings
Arctic Ink drawings is a series of illustrations that De St. Croix used as site studies derived from research undertaken from the high Arctic (Utqiaġvik, Alaska).
Arctic Ink Drawings
Arctic Ink drawings is a series of illustrations that De St. Croix used as site studies derived from research undertaken from the high Arctic (Utqiaġvik, Alaska).
Train Landscape Collage Series
Train Landscape Collage Series depicts landscapes on model railroad cars — hardwood, birch and aspen forests, forest fires, treed forests and icebergs. The series is based on research from a 4,000-mile research trip throughout the US and the Arctic.
Train Landscape Collage Series
Train Landscape Collage Series depicts landscapes on model railroad cars — hardwood, birch and aspen forests, forest fires, treed forests and icebergs. The series is based on research from a 4,000-mile research trip throughout the US and the Arctic.
Mountain Strip Mine Landscapes
Drawing series based on travels to strip mines and their associated communities in West Virginia.
Mountain Strip Mine Landscapes
Drawing series based on travels to strip mines and their associated communities in West Virginia.
Gitmo: Abandoned Camp X-Ray
Drawing series based on research of the abandoned detention facility on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay
Gitmo: Abandoned Camp X-Ray
Drawing series based on research of the abandoned detention facility on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay
U.S. / Mexico Border
Drawing series based on field research along 3,000 miles of old and new fence under on the Mexico / United States border.
U.S. / Mexico Border
Drawing series based on field research along 3,000 miles of old and new fence under on the Mexico / United States border.
U.S. / Canada Border
Drawing series based upon travels to numerous border crossings, as well as on press photo documentation.
U.S. / Canada Border
Drawing series based upon travels to numerous border crossings, as well as on press photo documentation.
Swamp/Marsh Landscape
Drawing series derived from research undertaken along Florida’s Interstate 95 and select proximate regions.
Swamp/Marsh Landscape
Drawing series derived from research undertaken along Florida’s Interstate 95 and select proximate regions.
Mountain Views
A large scale elevated sculpture that recreates a scenic vista of a monumental extinct mountain range, acting as a memorial to its own obliteration from out of state coal mining and mountain top removal.
Mountain Views
A large scale elevated sculpture that recreates a scenic vista of a monumental extinct mountain range, acting as a memorial to its own obliteration from out of state coal mining and mountain top removal.
Nomadic Landscape
A nomadic work of art, this miniaturized landscape travels in a custom container along the path of the prevailing Mongolian winds—much like the region’s soil deposited in north-central China as a result of the effects of global warming.
Nomadic Landscape
A nomadic work of art, this miniaturized landscape travels in a custom container along the path of the prevailing Mongolian winds—much like the region’s soil deposited in north-central China as a result of the effects of global warming.
Unnecessary Memorial: Palisade I & II
A project exploring the ecology, environment, and rescue of the Hudson Palisades. Sculpted entirely by hand, the work functions as an intimate, double-sided tableau.
Unnecessary Memorial: Palisade I & II
A project exploring the ecology, environment, and rescue of the Hudson Palisades. Sculpted entirely by hand, the work functions as an intimate, double-sided tableau.
Broken Landscape II
Referencing the historical genre of landscape painting, Broken Landscape II is a painstaking rendering of the land’s topography and its manufactured border.
Broken Landscape II
Referencing the historical genre of landscape painting, Broken Landscape II is a painstaking rendering of the land’s topography and its manufactured border.
Broken Landscape I
Over one hundred feet in length, Broken Landscape reconstructs a section of the Mexico/United States border as a monumental miniaturized model of the new fence and surrounding landscape.
Broken Landscape I
Over one hundred feet in length, Broken Landscape reconstructs a section of the Mexico/United States border as a monumental miniaturized model of the new fence and surrounding landscape.
End of the Fence Line
A miniature representation of the end of the federal fence line in Fort Hancock, TX. The sculpture is placed at eye level, forcing the viewer to look to the other side through the fence.
End of the Fence Line
A miniature representation of the end of the federal fence line in Fort Hancock, TX. The sculpture is placed at eye level, forcing the viewer to look to the other side through the fence.
UnNatural History I
A miniature world mounted inside an abandoned natural history museum, presenting landscapes that are simultaneously real and subliminal, beautiful and devastating, refined and abstracted.
UnNatural History I
A miniature world mounted inside an abandoned natural history museum, presenting landscapes that are simultaneously real and subliminal, beautiful and devastating, refined and abstracted.
UnNatural History II
This sculpture continues the exploration of duality, as embodied by landscape suspended in a liminal state between destruction and regeneration.
UnNatural History II
This sculpture continues the exploration of duality, as embodied by landscape suspended in a liminal state between destruction and regeneration.
Floating Fire
A floating, mirrored reconstruction of a fire-ravaged area in the Florida Everglades, investigating landscape as a site of conflict and instability.
Floating Fire
A floating, mirrored reconstruction of a fire-ravaged area in the Florida Everglades, investigating landscape as a site of conflict and instability.
Floating Fires
Focusing on the forest fire, this exhibit reflects upon the subliminal landscape imagery of the Florida Everglades and its relationship to encroachment, conservation and restoration.
Floating Fires
Focusing on the forest fire, this exhibit reflects upon the subliminal landscape imagery of the Florida Everglades and its relationship to encroachment, conservation and restoration.
Mountain Strip
A massive miniaturized section of a West Virginia strip coal mine, over forty feet in length and twenty-two feet in height, painstakingly rendering the topography and demise of a mountain.
Mountain Strip
A massive miniaturized section of a West Virginia strip coal mine, over forty feet in length and twenty-two feet in height, painstakingly rendering the topography and demise of a mountain.
Landscape Section: Border: U.S. / Mexico
A representation of the U.S. / Mexico border. Part of an ongoing series of miniaturized landscape sections reconstructing borders between countries in varying degrees of conflicts with each other.
Landscape Section: Border: U.S. / Mexico
A representation of the U.S. / Mexico border. Part of an ongoing series of miniaturized landscape sections reconstructing borders between countries in varying degrees of conflicts with each other.
Landscape Section: Border: U.S. / Canada
This sculpture depicts a peace park on the United States’ less contentious northern border—a sharp contrast to the more fortified southern border with Mexico.
Landscape Section: Border: U.S. / Canada
This sculpture depicts a peace park on the United States’ less contentious northern border—a sharp contrast to the more fortified southern border with Mexico.
Landscape Section: Border: Pakistan / Afghanistan (Tora Bora)
This sculpture draws upon documentation of the Pakistan / Afghanistan border landscape by the international press to recreate an area that continues to be central to the United States’ politics.
Landscape Section: Border: Pakistan / Afghanistan (Tora Bora)
This sculpture draws upon documentation of the Pakistan / Afghanistan border landscape by the international press to recreate an area that continues to be central to the United States’ politics.
Landscape Section: Border: North / South Korea
Based upon copious photo documentation of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, this sculpture depicts a wildlife sanctuary in one of the most dangerous border zones in the world.
Landscape Section: Border: North / South Korea
Based upon copious photo documentation of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, this sculpture depicts a wildlife sanctuary in one of the most dangerous border zones in the world.
Landscape Section: Marsh
Sculpture based upon research along Florida’s Interstate 95 and select proximate regions, where devastating wildfires destroyed tens of thousands of acres of everglades and wetlands.
Landscape Section: Marsh
Sculpture based upon research along Florida’s Interstate 95 and select proximate regions, where devastating wildfires destroyed tens of thousands of acres of everglades and wetlands.
Landscape Section: Swamp
Work in an ongoing series that presents a cross-section from nature as a still and subliminal image of a liminal environment, either being destroyed or in the process of healing.
Landscape Section: Swamp
Work in an ongoing series that presents a cross-section from nature as a still and subliminal image of a liminal environment, either being destroyed or in the process of healing.
Detainment Map
A site specific sculpture situated at a military fort in Key West, Detainment Map reflects upon the complex detainee issues surrounding the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station.
Detainment Map
A site specific sculpture situated at a military fort in Key West, Detainment Map reflects upon the complex detainee issues surrounding the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station.
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