I am inspired by the natural world to create paintings that play with the conventions of representation and abstraction. My paintings reach beyond the literal to create a space informed by memory and imagination. The new work celebrates the ordinary by exploring the random order of nature. Looking at patterns found in the forest or rocks piled at the water’s edge, I see both natural selection and chaos. In essence, I am mapping an indefinite order: finding space where solitude reigns and shelters from the unknown.