AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER, I WAS ALWAYS QUITE ENAMORED BY THE OUTSIDE WORLD, AND IN PARTICULAR, MY PLACE IN IT. THROUGH YEARS OF PAINTING AND DRAWING (BOTH IN AND OUT OF EDUCATION), I HAVE - IN SOME VISUAL WAY OR ANOTHER - ATTEMPTED TO RECONSTRUCT LANDSCAPES AND NATURAL FORMS IN A 2D AND ABSTRACTED FORMAT. IT’S AN ENDLESS FASCINATION WITH THE OBJECTS OF THE NATURAL WORLD THAT HAVE MORE RECENTLY, REEMERGED ALONGSIDE MY GROWING INTEREST IN PATTERN-MAKING. WITH THE MAKING OF PATTERNS, THERE’S A SENSE OF ORDER AND ORGANIZATION THAT I AM INTRINSICALLY DRAWN TOWARD; TO CREATE WORKS THAT BEGIN IN AN ORGANIZED AND CLEAN STRUCTURAL BASE, AND THEN CAN MORPH AND DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING THAT IS VISUALLY ENGAGING AND COMPLEX. THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS SEEN BOTH OF THESE INTERESTS (NATURAL FORMS AND PATTERN-MAKING) COMBINE IN MUCH OF THE WORK I HAVE BEEN CREATING; FORMING COLORFUL, REPETITIVE, ABSTRACTED, AND SOMETIMES COMPLEX REINTERPRETATIONS OF MY NATURAL WORLD.