I paint to capture something of the elusive and unseen in a tangible space. In the natural world, I see evidence of fracture and decay but also of regeneration and transcendence. Chaos is juxtaposed with order and design. For me, this duality mimics our experience of holding space for both brokenness and beauty, sorrow and joy, the everyday and the holy. These tensions shape my process. My painting is a prayer of sorts, a wrestling with holding on to the eternal in the midst of the fragmented, a search for pattern among the disorder. Landscape inspires my lines, compositions, and colors; however, my work is referential rather than specific. From intense mark-making to building layers of color and light with paint, pastels, and oil bars, I pursue the enduring, while seeking to savor the beauty of the ordinary.