I'm interested in peering into nature more deeply, I really want to get in there (into what I'm making) and explore. These re-constructions reveal an exuberant earthiness.
Ideas specific to this body of work come from the natural landscape where I live, a wooded conservation land is directly out back. Going out there with a camera is the first step in my process.
Nature serves well as both departure point and resource from which a re-shaping of elements emerges. Putting things together in a certain order, constructing a breathable space, are matters that concern me. There is a certain abstract power inherent in nature upon which the survival of these paintings depend.