T H O U G H T S about the W O R K
As an artist my work is reactive in nature; an on-going dialogue with what I see and find.
The
forms I respond to are common to most people's life experience: a
stone, rounded by tumbling along a stream bed; the jumble of flowering
weeds along the roadside, the bright yellow of buttercups complementing
the soft purples of clover; the illuminating shapes created by dappled
light coming through a forest canopy; a wall of rock the layers of
which have been distorted by the pressures of time.
Conceptually
what ties my work together is an on-going fascination with nature and
natural processes, and our relationship to these familiar but all too
fleeting experiences in our daily lives.
My goal as an artist is
to find the right context and associations for my work that will bring
clarity, maintaining enough mystery to leave room for discovery, for
both myself and others who experience it.