My work has taken two forms in recent years, oil painting and drawing with wire. Each form satisfies my fascination with different aspects of time and change. Whereas the drawings focus on isolated incidents and present a sudden haiku moment of clarity, the paintings contain multiple layers of greater visual complexity and engage the viewer in a reflective dialogue that deepens over time. It is important to me that the layers of thin glaze entice the viewer to examine and reexamine the richness of the surface, to go deeper into their own psyche as they mine the visual surface of each painting and during the process make associations to personal experiences.

I am responding to events, both inner and outer. I am interested in the ecology of the earth, its balances and imbalances and to the parallels that can be drawn to the culturing of self with regard to the continual passage of experiences that contribute to the edification or the breaking down of systems. The work implies the shift from a seemingly stable state to an unstable state or from an unstable state towards one mended. In the wire drawings the idea of the temporal, fragile qualities of life is counterpoint to the inherent nature of the thin binding wire used to create them.

Much of the work exploits weaving as a metaphor. Anything woven correctly has an integral strength and material integrity that can be depended on. In the fabric of ecology, if one thread becomes damaged the entire tapestry may unravel. I am interested in examining this process and its implications for the planet and individuals.