My work brings about a link with things so much larger than myself.  It ties me to both the internal and external, with the very small and the incredibly large, with the mundane and the sacred.  When I work, I am reminded that we are connected in a very fundamental ways. It is the connective power of the process that intrigues me.   The work is like looking over water and seeing in no uncertain terms, the vast horizon is curved.   The most thrilling part of experiencing that curve is the hard physical evidence that I sit on curve with so many others. 

   I begin a piece by responding to an idea from a thought or something seen then captured in memory, a piece of life that has grabbed me.  It is an organic process, growing from this simple seed towards fruition.  The singularity of the image is what drives all the decisions.  All is subordinate to it, the choice of processes, materials, outcomes.  I am driven to find the correct solution that honors the image in the most honest way I can devise. There is a need to reveal the essence of the subject matter in a direct way.  I work with a range of mediums and materials.  It isn’t without its obstacles, detours, moments of pure serendipity balanced with the child wonder of it all.