A love of the land is at the center of all my interests. Rather than finding narrative through a journalistic listing of elements, I look for ways to create landscape images that are intended to go beyond external experience and convey a deeper internal resonation. Utilizing direct-observation paintings and drawings, I expand these initial experiences into sequential poetry and fiber works. The lengthy process needed to make these pieces gives me time to conceptually abstract and clarify what I want to say. My work often evolves into a number of series- each piece informing the next.