Printmaking is obsessive endeavor. There are the endless possibilities—just when you believe the piece is resolved a small voice says What if I did this? A succession of experiments follow that can lead to despair or elation. The process is in part doing repetition, (that is the preparation—wetting paper wiping plates etc.) and part pure invention. So unlike painting or drawing where decision-making is a constant.

The particular value of printmaking for me is firstly prosaic. It is a nice change from other disciplines, but more importantly I love it for the limitations that are inherent in the process. Line, mass, color are somewhat dictated by the materials being used. I bring a love of line from printmaking to painting, and a feeling for mass and color from painting to printing. The discoveries that I make (and there are discoveries always) in one discipline are a resource for whatever else I am doing.

My interests are mainly in exploring a theme of interconnections between species, and the intersection of art and science. The theme of connectedness, an imprint we carry from generation to generation, also holds within it fears of disconnection. On one hand there seem to be immutable laws, and yet bizarre creatures and chaotic events abound, we study the order of things but the essence remains elusive. The questions are tantalizing.