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Statement

Introspection drives my need to create. Processing thoughts, ideas and observations is the nature of my studio activity. Through the creation of images and objects, I explore my being and belongingness. This investigation helps me access my own truths and facilitates my understanding of the world in a broader context.

I am an image-maker who creates visual narratives and symbols as instruments of understanding. The works function as conscious maps, providing visual routes for interpreting ideas and making meaning. Each mark metaphorically documents an experience, comments on a situation, or reveals a process of thinking.

My artworks reflect the outcome of what I regard as serious play. I'm inquisitive about things I don't understand and create picture narratives to explore thought. This activity functions as both therapy and entertainment. I believe that most of my works are in and of themselves questions. As I find questions are more interesting than answers, the works seek not closure but further inquiry.

Printmaking processes (traditional and digital) serve the conceptual development of my images and satisfy my passion for working with materials. Completed works are realized as original prints and artists' books. As form, the book provides order, structure and sequence for communication and exchange. I use the efficiency of the codex for its fixed sequence and boundedness, and the boxed portfolio for its characteristics of containment and embodiment. Within these conceptual spaces, relationships emerge, narratives evolve and meanings manifest.