My core instinct as an artist/printmaker is a desire to explore line and space through etched permanence and reconstruction.  I use line in both an orderly and gestural manner to convey a rhythm that exists in my life.  I often compare this rhythm to music because of my experience playing stringed instruments.  There is a distinct and developed pattern that is created through my act of playing music and making art.

My current work utilizes the processes of printmaking (traditional, digital, and hybrid techniques), drawing, and collage media elements and incorporates the concepts of visual music and rhythm.  In my work, visual music and rhythm appear through the energy of the marks, repetition of shapes, and subtle color variations.  Musical timbre, or the color of sound and tone, helps to distinguish instruments playing together in the same time.  In many visual compositions, I am engaged in creating a dynamic timbre.

For me, the process of creating is at the core of producing artwork. This is why I choose to make prints.  The process and materials of printmaking are very important to my creative exploration.  A zinc or copper plate goes through many stages of development and retains a history within it.  A completed piece will continuously drive me to the next idea or concept, much like a composition of music.  An image printed in a traditional manner may be the end product, or it could be a starting point for a new piece.  By scanning images into the computer or cutting out sections of prints to reassemble, the reconstructed elements breathe and harmonize with each other in new and interesting ways.