| Artist Statement My work is a melding of my fascination of nature, science, and the forces that shape the form and behavior of matter, and consciousness. In a sense my work represents a reflection between creative nature and creative consciousness. I have invented my own cosmological system and theories, to express notions that combine the micro/macro, inner/outer, the biologic/cosmologic, feminine/masculine, energy/matter, notions of connectedness to nature, and to creationary processes. The process was born out of a gestural drawing approach, a sort of an emergent physical felt process that oscillates between clarity and chaos, refinement and obscurity. I am attempting to capture the essence of nature, the primordial drive, the organizational tendencies and forces of the universe. I am essentially a formalist, whose interests revolve around the interactions, relationships and tensions between forms and their forces. The images involve no preparatory work; they are inspired from within and are non-objective. The specific identification of these forms is not evident but they do connect with reality and provide a link between other natural worlds and us. The images themselves reference the sense of intrinsic beauty, mystery, power and technology of nature, which can be thought of as a representation of inner and outer worlds that are inherently familiar to us all. |

