Wild nature and human society do not share a tidy border. Weeds emerge from cracks in the sidewalk while roads and pollution find their way to the most remote wildernesses. Contemporary human relationships with nature are often problematic. We feel separate but know we are not. Wilderness may represent calm and safety or a fearful place of mystery and isolation.

My primary artistic concern is an exploration of paradoxical contemporary Western relationships between humans and nature. Each work derives from a conceptual premise, and I seek the most effective means possible to express an idea. To this end I employ direct observation, imagination, photographic and art historical references, invention, shifts of scale and (at times) found objects. I work mostly with oil paint but do not feel limited by any singular style or medium. My approach can be direct or labored, and my imagery can be literal, comical, symbolic or surreal. As a whole, the work embodies a sincere attempt by one individual to find ways of depicting nature and our complex relationships to it.