The Texture of Place

The relationship between living organisms and their environment is the basis of ecology.  An ecological ethos infuses current and past work through the layered accumulation of multiple discrete marks that combine to create dense, interconnected environments and color fields.  

The Meadow series evokes the entangled profusion of grasses, wild flowers, and trees surrounding Snake River salmons’ natal streams. Earlier relief paintings engage with palpable light, felt space, and stacked life as each discrete bead of paint retains its integrity as colored matter as it is subsumed into a whole.