Slow down. Pay attention.

When we rush, we skim the surface, and fail to make authentic connections with the world and each other.

I am amazed with the complexity of the processes and character of the natural world. I have a spiritual reverence for the natural world, complexities of the human body, and the chaotic essence of existence. We are integral players in a diverse community of living organisms, yet we are rarely aware of the simultaneity of relationships occurring among and between all living things. I create a visual experience that mimics the complexity of the relationships that exist in nature.

I investigate connections through the fractal make-up of organic subject matter - - tissues, tendons, biological and organic systems - - living, moving, breathing, dying, decaying and becoming something new. In the same way, my drawings and paintings evolve into their own entities - - growing and emerging as complex ecosystems in their own right. Elements are constantly changing, becoming, and morphing; something vaguely recognizable transforms into something more elusive. This community of the living and dead thrives on critical symbiotic relationships. There is no waste; the processes of growth and the processes of decay balance one another. Over time, organisms transform and the universality of the world is more evident. Matter becomes increasingly ambiguous as it is broken down, reflecting the new incarnation of its being.

Facets of the works are invented, yet vaguely familiar. Microscopic details become iconic on a massive scale and reveal the usually hidden, unseen, delicate intricacies of the structure of the world. The resulting Gestalt of the whole is meaningful beyond the individual layers of the image. My work functions as a holon; an entity that from one perspective appears as a self-contained whole, and from another a dependent part. My process of creation emulates this natural life cycle by layering images, colors and marks. By adding and subtracting from those images, what remains are traces of the process in a visual history.