Artist Statement
Art is a way for me to explore the interconnection between all things.
Drawing is the work I do to describe this interrelationship.
I often blend species and other elements found in nature to visually express
the confluence of all things.
For me, time in nature nurtures a seed of awareness.
My observations germinate thoughts that sprout understandings
and grow into graphite gestures made by hands.
Spontaneous marks that begin a drawing on paper or wood panel create layers of tangled lines like forest brambles I can peer into.
In time, looking helps me excavate this thicket of strokes and discover
hidden forms lingering within.
With fine lines shapes are slowly revealed, as one patiently exposes
a woodland bird hiding in the brush by tracing its song back to source.
My drawing pursues a source hidden in the wilds of lines. I search for a “visual melody”
flowing and felt between space and drawn mark.
Renderings grown from a raw calligraphy that represents and reveres
the flow of energy and elements woven by nature.
Art practiced, as if it lives somewhere between a sacred act
and a scientific discovery.
Art is a way for me to explore the interconnection between all things.
Drawing is the work I do to describe this interrelationship.
I often blend species and other elements found in nature to visually express
the confluence of all things.
For me, time in nature nurtures a seed of awareness.
My observations germinate thoughts that sprout understandings
and grow into graphite gestures made by hands.
Spontaneous marks that begin a drawing on paper or wood panel create layers of tangled lines like forest brambles I can peer into.
In time, looking helps me excavate this thicket of strokes and discover
hidden forms lingering within.
With fine lines shapes are slowly revealed, as one patiently exposes
a woodland bird hiding in the brush by tracing its song back to source.
My drawing pursues a source hidden in the wilds of lines. I search for a “visual melody”
flowing and felt between space and drawn mark.
Renderings grown from a raw calligraphy that represents and reveres
the flow of energy and elements woven by nature.
Art practiced, as if it lives somewhere between a sacred act
and a scientific discovery.
Portfolios
Anatomy & Reverence Portfolio
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Confluence Portfolio
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The Space Between Portfolio
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