My work lies on the boundary between ordinary and possible that is just beyond the edge of perception. I am fascinated by the knowledge that we construct reality according to what we have learned to see, and, particularly, by those moments of re-construction that are required when something radically new intrudes.

I find inspiration in the real but unseen world of cells and galaxies; in the physical science that describes the dueling facts of wave and particle, chaos and order; and in the cognitive science that investigates what the body knows before the mind is aware. My work is a slice into empty space that reveals a new world made fact at the moment it is seen.

The paintings start as drips of water and pigment on a thin plywood panel. The specific shapes and colors are dictated by fluid surface tension, relative humidity and varied pigment density: the longer a paint takes to dry, the more likely lighter pigments will separate from the heavier ones, and the color will change. I can add new layers to this field of raw information, and I can exagerate or minimize existing relationships, but I cannot remove anything completely: every decision leaves its trace.

In the end, each painting reveals an order satisfactory to the senses, while remaining elusive of the constructions of the mind: each is a thicket just beyond the garden, the wild world pushing up against a fence.