My work is about the marriage of disparate elements: paint and paper, wood and hardware, yarn and rusted metal. I search for points of connection between the differences and weave them together to form a new, cohesive whole.

Work begins with a hint of structure: a scrap of sewing pattern, the shadow of a line, a paint drip, texture in a weathered piece of wood, something that creates a hazy road map, destination unknown. The materials set a direction as much as my will. Traveling with a piece becomes a cerebral journey as I weave in an out of an almost meditative state.

Discovering useful elements is surprisingly easy. A walk in the neighborhood, a visit to the market, and beachcombing are wide-open scavenger hunts. Most days offer up something, a fragment of the urban environment. What I decide to cart home will hold physical interest along with an innate sense of place and purpose. This rich combination of both material and meaning is amplified or transformed when interlaced with other items into a new piece.

The process is both ordered and chaotic. At various points a message or story will surface and then evolve until a clear, even obvious direction comes to light. At that point, making visual and perceptual connections through composition become the goal. Letting the work come as it will through the limitation and integrity of material is critical to the endeavor and ultimately to the finished piece.