I am interested in the constant process of becoming and the fact that a permanent state can never be reached. How does an object acquire and shed particular characteristics. How do people accrue and evolve personal traits? The layers of matter built up and worn away in the earth’s surfaces mirror the accumulation of experiences and memories in the human psyche. My work considers time as the medium in which transformation occurs and friction as integral to the process.

Though inspired by natural landscapes and surfaces, I avoid any narrative or literal imagery. I rely on abstraction so that the viewer can make their own associations in connection with a personal trove of memories and experiences. I wish for the viewer to reflect on their own connection to the interdependent processes that govern our relationships with each other and with nature.

These paintings are perceptual in nature, intended to inspire quiet experiential reflection. Each is a meditation on time and the mystery, spaciousness and rich accidental beauty of the natural world as well as its fragility.