A few years ago I was interviewed for a studio visit video blog. The interviewer asked me if my interest in intense subtlety was a way of being in dialogue with the natural world. This was such an illuminating question and my answer was yes. I’m curious about why the nuances of repetition of form in nature are so moving, be it leaves on a tree, blades of grass in a field, or pale buildings encrusting the hillsides of San Francisco. Although my work is abstract, this curiosity informs my process. My paintings are about relationships between colors and light. I want to understand why color has the effect on our psyches that it does. I employ shifts of warm and cool tones within a limited palette, with incremental tonal changes that occur across the canvas. I employ a particular type of mark making and build layers over repetitive applications of that mark. I want to create a space in which one can quiet their mind and think about movement, growth, and interconnectedness.