I paint the beauty in the textural richness which I seek around me: in beehives and honeycombs, in aged lacquer boxes, in the charred bark of tree trunks, and in aboriginal marks. The patterns and geometry of nature provide the structure for these paintings, and color is their lure, with highly focused color harmonies ranging from subtle grays to vivid, saturated colors. Influences from Japanese art and compositions are often present in my work, and metaphor also waits nearby, sometimes evident, and sometimes mysterious.

Lately I have been intrigued by the beauty of wood panels, because they are such perfect artifacts of nature. They inspired my "Nature" series of carved paintings, where I enjoy carving in shallow relief and then painting in subtle washes.  That which is removed also reveals what is underneath, and people love the engraved texture revealed in the carved layers. These pictures are dyptychs and  tryptychs,  and imagine different qualities of a plant, almost like different seasons of its life. They invite the viewer to journey into nature and allows them personal associations with the imagery. These paintings are clean and spare, almost minimal, and elegant because of what is left out.