Artist Statement

I create abstract paintings, drawings and constructions that explore connections between the natural and urban world.  I look for the organic in urban chaos and forms that repeat themselves in nature.  I am always finding parallels, such as seeing a sidewalk crack that looks like a mountain landscape or a mass of tangled seaweed that feels like a collection of dendrites and capillaries.  I use pencil, paint, wire and string to make work that is meant to feel vaguely familiar yet distinctly ambiguous. 

I tend to use color thematically in my work – driven by a remarkable wildflower season, the hauntingly deep blue underside of an iceberg or the neutral colors found where deserts and urbanization collide. 

I translate my observations into the abstract as if I were constructing a mathematical proof.  I am searching for the simplest, most elegant approach to decode a complex problem. As an artist, it may take me many detours and missteps to get there, but the final layer, piece of string, or line is the one that ultimately completes the work.

Images from my Studio