I create objects with visual magnetism and distinct material presence that
reflect the generative power of nature. Painting
on archival plastic film, paper, and metal, I accumulate a mass of gestures
that are cut, combined and layered into assemblages. From specimen-sized
works to encompassing installations, my pieces capture a kind of
monumentality and at the same time a feeling of fragility. Evoking natural
forms and processes, both familiar and fantastical, the images are just a
step away from dissolving into masses of line or shape. My works often
suggest growth, expansion, and outpouring, touching on the dynamic between
containment and release, expressing an urge for liberation, for
transformation. Their exuberance and beauty shadow a longing: the desire for
things to last, a wish against decay. I admit the futility of this longing
by making works that, despite their grandness, are obvious constructions,
pieced together, assembled, collaged, potentially vulnerable to change. The
layers of tension between transience and permanence, nature and artifice,
substance and ethereality, growth and decay are pivotal in the work, but so
is the harmony that emerges. Within each piece is the notion of the
timeless, of tapping into an ongoing flow; the idea that a mark, line or
shape can become a sign, symbol, or metaphor for the infinite.