Just as everything we see with our eyes has a rational description, we may also look more closely at the objects of the world and experience an endless fascination, and finally a mystery with no description possible.

My methods of working involve a process of creating uncertainty in the behavior of the materials. While my intention is broadly known to me, I nevertheless rely on the simplest of ideas to begin, and then watch as the picture unfolds, making and destroying and remaking the image as I work.

I've spent many years searching through the relationship between scattered fragments of memory and the indescribable mystery that my memory yearns for. My attention turns toward the ancient and present natural treasures of the Northwest region - the light, the land, the water, the wondrous beings we share them with, and the common archetypes native to this blessed place. The mystery resides in these very things.