Alyse is an interdisciplinary artist born in Akron, Ohio. Her artwork offers a metaphorical exploration of connections—starting with human connection to the planet and moving into the connections humans have with one another.  By engaging in subjects including endangered species, threatened habitats, and human relationships, her work often utilizes motifs deriving from nature, as well as familiar man-made objects which offer the viewer an entry point even when the subject matter seems esoteric. Her work examines human emotions in regard to interconnectedness and collective experience.