I lived in Hawaii in my 20's and learned how to build hakahaka walls; free standing dry stack rock walls which hold an ancient symbol of protection and strength. It required solving a visual and structural problem, patience and time finding the perfect rock to fit the previous rock stacked, and tenacity to see the project through.

The craft tapped me into something primordial and ancient. It lit my creative fire and showed me a way of deeply seeing into things.

When I paint, I’m still connected to that experience. I have a sense of raw innocence vibrating at my core- who I am- asking to be revealed. In a way, the work is a nonlinear biography of my being in time; fluid, shifting and alive.