The drawings represent my ongoing exploration of humankind's interaction with the powerful rhythmic cycles of nature.

I begin with the imagery of the Northwest, the geography of my childhood. Always on a grand scale, the geometry of the Pacific Rim contains both land and water arranged in steep vertical angles rising up from flat expansive plains. I respond to this organization of space with marks running parallel and perpendicular to the picture plane. I incorporate diagonal lines for movement, in the same way a trail traverses the side of a mountain or an archipelago meanders across a body of water. The reds of fire disrupt the otherwise cool colors of water and deep forests, altering the path as agents of change. The injection of red is a responsive act, a metaphor for a decision made in response to the disruption of predictable order.

In the act of drawing, I honor quotidian rituals. Each drawing emerges from a series of layers. Physical gestures made with care, with haste, with joy and sorrow then selectively wiped away leaving behind traces and fragments that build into a tapestry of texture and color. This process allows the white of the paper to escape through the layers of pastel emulating the diffuse light often found in the rainforest or on a misty stretch of sand at the ocean's edge. I weave, shape and arrange the space with horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. The arcs found in the compositions are autographic, the natural sweep of my arm. When confronted with rendering a decision, the physical conduct of making marks on a paper parallel the temporal process of analysis and choice. I often work the drawings in a series, emulating a call-and-response format that echoes the cadence of a spiritual. The drawings exist as the embodiment of both process and prayer.

Embedded with the geographical and spiritual icons of the Northwest, the drawings are made to invite entrance to a path that examines the interaction between humankind and the cycles of rhythm found in nature. For me, the art making process is a daily search for recognizable patterns, the initial rejection and eventual acceptance of dissonance and change, and the recognition of resolutions achieved only through the passage of time.