Statement

I am attempting to understand the processes of generation within a system . My interest focuses on the flow of self-perpetuating natural cycles - such as sedimentation, hydrology – and the necessity of their parts.



I view cycles as organizational structures of the world, through which one can discard the crisis of purpose and find meaning in the cycle’s existence. The justification for the system is built into its ability to endlessly perpetuate itself. The beauty of these cycles is tempered by their paradoxically transient and eternal nature. A void is created as each step in the cycle folds back into itself, as each part is endlessly swallowed up and spit back out, repeating itself into nothingness, creating an Otherness. However, without this intangible Otherness the paintings could not be created, as the paint can only suggest form to the extent it denies it. Thus Otherness and perfected self-generation grapple with each other.