Both my drawings and sculptural work can be viewed as biological drama.  Trappings of seeds, leaves, feathers and flowers are frozen in time as remnants of something both physical and emotional.  Sometimes the captured moment is one of hope and pure effort.  Other times movements of the florae appear futile and frivolous.  I see these elements as stand- ins for human desires and impulses.

In my newest body of work made for my show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts I’ve made drawings which are less coded. Rather than speaking to ideas about the possibilities of biology I’m dealing with the reality of my own biological creation: a family. Working with graphite in a more representational style, I have included figures, buildings and landscapes that bump up against very flat colorfully painted areas. These works feel quite personal, often including images of my sons and objects from our lives. The flatter, more decorative elements represent things that are less concrete but just as emotive: hopes and dreams, expectations and illusions.