The Absence of Presence and the Presence of Absence Drawings
These works explore solastalgia through intertwined disruptions of human and non-human homes:
The Absence of Presence and the Presence of Absence reintroduces 13 locally extinct species as specters within the current landscape of the Armand Bayou Nature Center. This center is the conservation core of remaining wetland, forest, prairie, and marsh habitats once abundant in the Houston/Galveston area, but it contains hidden environmental ruptures in the form of missing animals.