Collection — Plant Blindness

Plant Blindness is the inability to see or notice the plants in one’s own environment.

Building off of the “Unguilding the Lily” series, I began exploring the concept of plant blindness. While “Unguilding the Lily” focused on encouraging the viewer to see plants through a different lens, the Plant Blindness series addresses a topic with more far reaching implications.

Plant blindness, simply stated, is the inability to see the plants in one’s own environment. This widespread phenomenon has created a significant barrier to plant conservation.

Because of technological advancement and the tendency to become absorbed in a fastpaced lifestyle, we often fail to stop and smell the roses, or in this case, they simply go unnoticed. Plant Blindness seeks to enlighten the viewer and foster the reconnection with plants that is so vital to our survival as a species. Sadly, people only invest in the things with which they are invested. So, as our connection with plants wanes, these jewels of nature that sustain us are gradually becoming extinct. And with less interest, it becomes progressively more difficult to promote conservation efforts.

My plant blindness series is intended to entice the viewer to once again connect with plants, whether by creating a fresh perspective or physically engaging the viewer to interact with the art. As with most of my work, Plant Blindness takes the viewer on a journey of self-exploration.