My work for many years has been informed by botanical and landscape imagery. My approach uses nature as a starting point, yet my work is neither realistic nor completely abstract. Flowers appear similar to known varieties, but are composed from my memory and imagination giving viewers an opportunity to respond to something familiar yet evocative.

In the Landscapes series, my intention is to obscure the distinctions between the historic traditions of landscape imagery and its abstraction. The landscapes may look familiar, but are created in my studio. They are inspired not by specific locations, but from images in my head of hundreds of landscapes I have observed and lived with.

A proclivity toward process involvement and a fascination with new techniques provide me with endless possibilities for expression and exploration. Both the botanical and landscape series include works in hand-made paper, painting with egg tempera on wood, mono prints and photography-generated prints. Combining techniques, I discover new means of expression.

Having lived and worked in Cape Cod for many years, I have always been intrigued by water, which has been the focus both of my work as an artist and as a curator. In my current work, I take digital photographs of the surface reflections on water, brooks, rivers and ponds. Working with digital tools I create new visual relations and dynamics within each image.

The subject matter of these new prints reference my continuing interests in nature, water and the environment. They also recall my use of triptychs, series and groupings, and hearken back to earlier abstract paintings and landscapes.