Living Systems, Living Surfaces

Welcome. I’m glad you’re here.

This is the beginning of a space I’ve long wanted to create, not just to share what I’m working on, but to trace the quiet, often nonlinear path that making art tends to follow.

It’s not easy for me to write about being an artist. If I could fully explain what I do in words, I probably wouldn’t need to make art. Painting, printing, and mark making are among the most meaningful ways I collaborate with the world around me, how I listen, think, and respond to things language often falls short of. Still, I’m drawn to the attempt. Not to translate the work, but to reflect on the value that art, and artists, can bring to a more connected, caring, life-giving way of being in the world.

In recent years, I’ve been working more intentionally with light-sensitive media. Rather than using cyanotype for traditional photographic purposes—which I did for many years, I now treat the solutions as a painting medium, layering them with natural pigments I collect locally, along with citric acids, salts, and other reactive materials. These elements are activated by sunlight, interacting with one another and the environment in unpredictable ways. The chemistry remains alive unless I choose to “fix” it, which I’m resisting for now. Over time, the colors shift, the textures deepen, and new forms begin to emerge. The compositions begin and end with openness rather than control, curiosity rather than a fixed idea, a collaboration rooted in trust, reciprocity, exposure, environmental influence, and continuous change. Watching this strange, living brew come alive on paper takes my breath away.

Because these works remain chemically active, they continue to shift over time, responding to light, air, and the conditions they encounter. As part of the larger process, I document these transitions through photography, capturing close-ups and evolving details to create a series of still images that reflect a living, changing body of work. These archival prints don’t attempt to freeze the pieces in time, but instead offer glimpses—snapshots—of a process that is always in motion.

Originals and select prints are available through my website, for those who feel drawn to live with these pieces in their own spaces. Thank you for being here—I’m glad to begin this conversation.