My recent abstract oil paintings have evolved out of a daily sketchbook practice of drawing with my eyes closed. I then edit the marks with my eyes opened, keeping what I consider “authentic” marks and partially erasing other lines that seem predictable or conventional. The conscious erasure process is just as important as the unconscious mark-making.  I’m not able to explain how or why I know whether a gesture or mark is authentic; it’s a balance of sincerity and innocence that my mind instinctively recognizes. This automatic drawing technique allows my unconscious, inner world to commune with the outer world of landscape, birds, trees, weather, and light. Specific, observable details are left behind. Instead, my process reveals my personal connection to the vibratory dance of energy and essence that I sense within nature.

Typographic details have been added to the compositions as another level of meaning. Words and letterforms symbolize the presence of the human mind in nature, and the efforts to understand our place in the cosmos. The work is intended as a metaphysical exploration of the interconnection between wilderness and human consciousness.