These works are about the astounding fecundity and diversity of nature, the obsessive creation, productivity, survival and evolution of life forms and the interrelatedness of it all. Plant and animal, even the earth and universe, are in a constant state of movement and flux, living, dying and regenerating, eating and being eaten, forming and decomposing. I am fascinated by the idea that we are all manifestations of the same energy or life force, infinite variations of the same basic elements. I realized that all form is created as this energy acts on matter, and that every event is influenced by every other event. I am in awe of nature's ability to maintain order and consistent structures, while never creating two things exactly alike. I want the forms in my work to feel like they are in the act of becoming, changing, evolving.... or resisting.

Technically, I am interested in making watercolor and acrylic paints more visceral and physical, with body and texture. (I deliberately choose watercolor pigments that granulate heavily, separating in the wash, forming broken, organic textures.) There may be ten or twenty layers of color in some areas of a paintings. Often I use patterns of pencil or crayon lines or scratches between the layers to add energy or activity to the flat washes. I like contrasting transparent, luminous color next to heavy opacity, or the tension of the dry abrasive marks against wet, smooth washes.