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Artist Statement
The content of these paintings embody the nature of the collision between the natural process of gestation as it is impacted by the created environment that we inhabit. The subject matter draws from the root systems of trees and other plant materials. The visual similarity of these root systems to developing human internal systems are striking as they illuminate connections to a fundamental universal reaching across boundaries. The imposition of the implanted and/or overlaid red lines that are created by chance through inflicting paint satuarated yarn onto the surface of the paintings are meant to convey the indeterminancy of the impact of our cultural enviroment on who we are even before we are. It is into this dissonance that particularity emerges.

Gestation #34. Oil on Canvas. 46 by 48