My paintings capture the bond between humankind and nature - a time and place caught between the domestic and the wild. They are influenced by lore and cross-cultural mythologies, and they are inspired by the vast and rich ecosystem surrounding my studio in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. These non-linear, abstract narratives are shaped not by the physics of the waking world, but by a flight of spirit, a communion with nature that involves both what is observed and what is intuited. Nature’s interwoven complexities also provide the pulse and tempo that I strive to capture in my painterly brushwork. A continuous yet ever-evolving theme of “sanctuary” is one I frequently return to in my work. In an exterior world that is congested with visual and audible noise, I strive to honor the sanctuary of the garden, the woods, mountains and falls.