Since the early 70s I have been wrestling with the grid format, utilizing it to express energetic and often metaphysical ideas – and struggling to liberate myself from the rigidity of the grid structure itself.  Taking up the problem again in drawings several years ago, I found what I considered to be a more “organic” approach, something that is at once driven by some sort of basic “truths” or “rules’, yet is free to expand and transform itself during the creative process. 

I have always been fascinated with the idea of repetition - that there can never be two of anything that will be exactly alike – even a snowflake.  (A childhood wonder for me!)   I would say that my work reflects a deep and fundamental respect for the natural ordering and uniqueness of each element of life, and a personal exploration of the “rules” involved in a continuing healthy and reverent exploration of the process of creation/creativity.  Through the application of these “rules,” which I conceive of and apply to the development of each piece, I myself learn about the process of evolution as my considerations change to accommodate the ideas of beauty and balance within a given piece.  Working in this way is a little like watching a miniature universe unfolding on the surface in front of me.

That said, the issues of scientific “advancement” in terms of genetic alteration, cloning, synthetic biology and other human interventions – well intended or not - are important issues which continue to challenge and inform my current work.