A: Landscapes, In Essence

Inspiration comes when I feel a deep connection to a specific place in the natural world—most often near a vast body of water or land mass and open to the elements. I become aware of cycles, patterns, and rhythms co-existing within. Both the line and circle occur frequently in my work, and turn metaphor to suggest order, stillness, harmony, balance, and eternity. Atmospheric layers of texture and colour imply flux as weather changes, time passes, and natural rhythms ebb and flow.

I like to incorporate material collected from the actual location of inspiration into my work if possible, such as silt from the Bow River in the Canadian Rockies or iron ore enriched soil from Bell Island, Newfoundland.

The result is an expression of the essence of a place—a convergence of what I see and what I feel.

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The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out. - Annie Dillard

B: Iconic and (c)Rusty Creatures

This body of work is a lighthearted, yet intentional study of the power invoked by the simplicity of animal forms. Reminiscent of cave paintings, petroglyphs, and children’s drawings, here I am responding, with a sense of mirth, to the way humans find and apply symbolism and meaning in nature. 

More recent work incorporates rusty nails and odd metal shapes collected from scrapyards.

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Once I drew like Raphael, but it has taken me a whole lifetime to learn how to draw like children. - Pablo Picasso

C: Origins

I am fascinated by the human quest to understand the nature of the universe, its origins, and the emergence of life within it, and am convinced that the most compelling and intelligent discussions transpire when science, philosophy, and theology come together in an attempt to find common ground. This body of work is a visual discourse between the physical cosmos, its innate processes, and our efforts to quantify and comprehend it.

References to mathematical formulas, scientific graphs, mechanical components, and theological and philosophical texts convey the idea of the universe as a perpetual and orderly complex structure. My intent is for the work to resonate and to offer the viewer a forum for reflection and individual interpretation.

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. - Albert Einstein