My painting process looks at repetitive interactions with the natural world. Working within a landscape is a way to merge the line between self and environ-ment, between interior experience and exterior form. I see the environment as a tapestry that is dense and ever-changing, reflective of internal worlds and spaces.

In my process-driven approach, I use varied mark making to capture subtle shifts in changing environments and ecosystems. Photographs are the entry point into each painting; I begin by digitally amplifying and compartmentalizing certain colors, stripping information down to an abstract language. Ultimately, through the painting process, source material becomes less important, while the patterns and shapes that emerge take on a life of their own. In this way, the paintings represent a trajectory and progression. I am drawn to organic spaces that are tangled and dense; what emerges from the painting process is a distillation, an architecture of forms and shapes. Using color to explore a spectrum, I capture environments that have range, reveal movements, shifts, and adaptability, like opulent tapestries unraveling and reweaving themselves together.