25.5″x19.5″
Pencil and pen
In Collaboration with Dr. Ashley Lemke, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Growing up in North-East Wisconsin has always meant Door County was only a short drive away on any given weekend. My childhood memories are peppered with the chilly breeze of Lake Michigan and scenic bluffs eroded by eons of crashing waves. The peninsula carries a history, the water it borders even more so. The frigid temperatures of Lake Michigan hold fossilized clues to a time before records, fragments key to understanding the lives of prehistoric humans. In creating this piece, I wanted to display the innate beauty of how human connection can surpass time itself through the lens of nature and our harmony in it. The idea that we as humans can find comfort in the knowledge that many lives have lived before us and many will persist after us is captivatingly beautiful in such a tender and very human way.