Outer-urban rings of oversized prefab homes, strip malls, industrial parks and refineries reappear throughout my work, as does( the notion of) fossil fuels powering it all. I think one piece in particular really resonates with (this exhibit's) focus on the automobile's role in navigating these spaces and how climate crisis and rising gas prices are shifting that paradigm. "State of the Union" is a large-scale collage comprised of various landscape imagery arranged in a half globe on the wall; its fractured surface is splattered/unified with black paint, this last touch a spontaneous reaction to Bush's comment "America is addicted to oil" (State of the Union, January 2006). Part of its embedded content is the accumulation of meaning through re-contextualization. For Reno, I (have included) more mountain imagery along its curved horizon, evoking the city's specific topographical situation.