​NATURE IS NOT A SEPARATE ENTITY WHICH LIVES OUTSIDE OF US; IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY. THE TREES, OUR LUNGS... THE RIVERS, OUR LIFE'S BLOOD. BEFORE WE WERE EVEN BORN WE SWAM IN OUR OWN OCEAN. HOW WE CARE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT SPEAKS TO HOW WE CARE FOR OURSELVES.  IN MY WORK, I SEEK TO RECONNECT THE VIEWER IN AN INTIMATE WAY WITH NATURE.  AS WE RECOGNIZE HOW WE GAIN STRENGTH, INSIGHT, AND WISDOM THROUGH THE POWER OF THE FOREST, THE OCEAN, OR A SPIRIT ANIMAL, PERHAPS WE MIGHT CHANGE OUR PRIORITIES AND REDISCOVER  LIVING IN HARMONY WITH THE EARTH.  
           - CHRISTINE BUCHANAN ​