The photographic series, "Reality Check: Artificiality and the Environment," illustrates the absurdities of the human species as we veer out of control on a collision course with Mother Nature.

The series, begun in far West Texas, underscores the fact that we are living in an artificial world. Nothing we see is quite what it appears to be. The landscapes look to nature as they uncover the truth about the unseen dangers caused by mankind’s greed as we cavalierly destroy elements that sustain life on this planet.

The inspiration comes from the land itself. Investigation of regional geological and topographical peculiarities, shapes a point of view and provides the raw material for the work, and as such, mirrors the beauty and energy of the earth in each unique setting.

Small, realistic, plastic farm animals are inserted into everyday situations, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, gently tapping at memories of childhood play. Realism and Surrealism vie in a land of uncertainty, much like Alice’s shifting perception as she ventured through a land of altered perspective.

It is no accident that plastic animals have been chosen to make a point about the poisoning of our world. Plastic is a petroleum by-product, and as such, these seemingly harmless miniatures embody the problem itself, further exasperated by the edgy physical perspective of everyday sights and scenes.

Since beginning this series, the horses, cows, bulls, pigs, sheep, goats and I have traveled extensively throughout the world. The more I work with them, the more they, in their own way, speak to me. While they bring out the obvious child in me, they also make me question my place in the universal scheme of things. It is my hope that the viewer will see beyond the humor and ponder the deeper issues contained herein.