Painting, as a medium, allows me to mimic the way a vast three dimensional object, such as the earth, is translated on a two dimensional surface. As I play the role of a surveyor of the canvas, my interest is in the nonsensical construction of a space where the earth meets its residents. The process involves drawing from images and patterns commonly found in geographical maps in order to visually verbalize rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities that thrive on the surface of the land.

Through formal abstract decisions, the paintings begin to conjure ideas about the flexile relationship between chaos and order, organic and geometric, subtlety and brashness. Ultimately the paintings are about these combating relationships, and in the end are not able to depict any actual location but rather conversely, a state of disorient. I allow the painting to cross back and forth over these lines through color choices and shape making until it reaches a satisfying point.