Wildfires swept across several counties in the North Bay on October 9, 2017. The inferno headed toward our community of Oakmont Village forcing my husband Ken and I to flee with a handful of belongings. The ensuing nine days of our evacuation were filled with horror. Ousted from my studio, I began to make on-site art that I recorded with my iPhone. I discovered enormous freedom in embracing ephemeral images when my physical art and possessions could be ash. I looked for anthropomorphic images as well as gathered the nearby detritus to quickly create images that emerged organically out of the environment. When we returned safely home, I cautiously approached the burn in a nearby communities to photograph the devastation. For solace, I combed beaches where the canvas of shifting sand is always littered with nature’s detritus. I continued to create spontaneous assemblages with stones, branches and dirt on nearby walks.