Models of historical places, photographs of the night sky, and paintings, kept together in one place.
I build computer models of historical places to see how and why they changed, and in between I point a small telescope at the sky and paint what I see. This is where I put it on display.
An agent-based model of a Great Plains town, from the railroad years to the internet. Households and businesses make choices using rules drawn from historical records, and the model shows what grows and what fades.
What if the interstate had gone five miles south?
View the projectIn progress
Nebulae, the Moon, and variable stars, photographed from the backyard. Each image keeps its own notes: target, date, equipment, and what I learned.
Explore the sky
Watercolors of mountain valleys, winter fields, and open water. They're a slower way of looking at the same world the models try to explain.
View the paintingsThe concepts and open-source software behind the models: how old maps become digital environments, and how agents are taught to behave like the people who lived there.
See the methodsWrite-ups in progress
