I am a material-based artist living in a digital world. I think of myself in time as a material that has engaged with other materials. The work that is made is time visible. Being corporeal matters. Materials are tangibles. They offer unlimited possibilities. I believe wholeheartedly while working in what is being made even though it has never existed before.

I make art that evokes meaning, from organic to scientific. In either the Data or the repetitive writing work obsession has never been the endgame. Obsessive actions in the studio are committed to only because obsessive actions are necessary in order to create the work. Each piece of work when finished has unique resonance and exhibits more than just the obsessive action component. I organize paint marks used directly out of the tube, unmediated by brush or pallet into systems. In the pinhole work instead of doing something on paper I have done something to paper, transformed a simple material by making repetitive punctures with a needle. Since 2012 I have made daily coffee drawings. Hated Styrofoam looks good enough to eat. Expectations are subverted. Viewers are invited to look differently at materials they see everyday. 

Improvisation informs my practice. In the studio I step outside literal interpretations of reality. My imagination is fed by my curiosity leading me into unknown places. As I am making impulses are followed. My attention is led from one thing to the next. Things are revealed thru engagement with materials and intelligences that come from somewhere other than my brain. With luck I allow my mistakes to lead me to places that I never would have thought to go. Multiple choices are made. Multiple yes’s are said. Until the end, until the piece is finished.

Some of my work has an obsessive quality. I practice a lot of repetitive mark making. I do find repetition soothing but for me in the studio obsession is a skill that I use as a trained craftsperson with a keen eye for detail. In either the Data or the repetitive writing work obsession has never been the endgame. Obsessive actions in the studio are committed to only because obsessive actions are necessary in order to create the work. Each piece of work when finished has unique resonance and exhibits more than just the obsessive action component.

It delights me that with keen attention to detail and my hands, work gets created from elements that might have been unworthy of consideration. Craftsmanship and aesthetics are important to me. So is poetry.