In my paintings I am working with an overlapping of repeated contrasting calligraphic lines to create a sense of deep space, hinting at an other-wordly landscape. They are, in part, inspired by new information about the warp and weft pattern of the space-time continuum. Patterning, time, space, and natural diversity are recurring themes in my work. And while pattern is often regraded as being decorative, and by extension, “frivolous design”,  for me, questions about nature and design are anything but “frivolous”. While one definition of design includes the word “decoration”, another includes the phrase... “purpose, planning, or intention that exists or is thought to exist behind an action, fact, or material object”. The sharp aspect of line and graphic nature of pattern in my work are juxtaposed against softer painterly passages of color and form that ease one into the other. Each composition begins with expressive atmospheric color to establish a sense of light, then shadow, then form. I set down a few marks and build a composition rather intuitively, allowing the visual to give way to a more rhythmic and tactile experience of nature.