I am an abstract mixed media artist who likes to explore multiple techniques, ranging from digital scans to analog paper and glue. The result is often a piece that feels more like an artifact or offering than a typical painting or photograph. I am inspired by the patterns in nature, abandoned technology, and primitive art including pictograms and petroglyphs from around the Southwest.

My current pieces employ a layered approach, with a traditional paper-based collage as the underpainting and my own abstracted photography of rocks and scenery as the overpainting. On top of this I add assemblage elements – including sticks, stones, beads, bones, feathers, fibers, and metals – to add dimension, with a nod toward Joseph Cornell’s boxes. Although a central idea often ties each piece together, I try to imbue my work with a sense of mystery: The goal is to create an abstracted feeling or unresolved emotion, inviting the viewer to imagine their own story based on what they perceive.

I have written several articles about my process, including this one about my piece Seeking to Understand. I also do nature photography, and have recently started to explore encaustics: the ancient practice of painting with bee's wax combined with pigments.