I am an artist from Detroit, Michigan that has fallen in love with the mountains of Montana and have called this land home for almost a decade. This new series of work is titled Places and Things. In this group of oil paintings, I am exploring the relationships we have with where we go and the stuff we use. The insights a particular place can hold, the nostalgia that can linger, and familiarity that can lead to objectification. The memories an object can hold, the questions it can raise, and the purpose it serves. I am creating a narrative within the juxtaposition of a particular object and a particular place. These images hold both personal sentiment and universal metaphor.