 More recently, Thrashbird has expanded his city practice to the desert, exploring the energies of the natural landscape and abandoned built environments.Combining the topography of the desert and its neglected structures with the artist’s creativity, Thrashbird designs from the shapes and surfaces he encounters and transforms them into something playful and nostalgic.Awareness and activism are central themes in Thrashbird's work and the artist has presented in several symposia to talk about them.