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My family’s long
history in Northern California has been a source of my work for many
years. With my father’s family being early settlers in the Redding
area and my mother’s family being of local Native American descent,
I have grown up with the feeling of being connected to the
surrounding landscape.
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As my work evolved, I found myself
focusing on the sublime nature of the landscape. The colors
and structure of the earth, the river, the sky, the lakes, the trees
and local plants all played a part in this process. Initially,
the works began in a purely intuitive fashion, exercising little to
no conscious restraints. Over the years as the works
progressed, similar attitudes and images began asserting themselves.
I found my interest returning, again and again, to the interwoven
patterns of nature. As I explored this interest further, I
began to rediscover images and feelings nearly forgotten.
My recent works are for two fold. On one hand, they
are deeply autobiographical, reflecting memories of the Northern
California landscape. Conversely the works refer inwardly to the
integrity of their own compositional arrangements. In this regard
they focus on visual harmonies independent of the subject matter.
The act of burning the paper brings to life those images that have
long been burnt into my memory.
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