Drawing is observation. Mine illuminates both external stimuli and inner conversation. I layer pixels and ink and thread, mixing carefully-observed nature with imagination and geometry. My drawings envision the universe as an intricately woven affair, which doesn’t necessarily follow expected paths, but which possesses an underlying structure we do not fully comprehend. They speak to something just beyond our consciousness, the shadow seen out of the corner of your eye, or the images that race from memory on waking. My practice of repetitive mark-making reassures me in a world that feels precarious. Revisiting imagery builds an intimacy with my subjects similar to the manner in which one knows a landscape as a child. It is both explored and created. Secrets are revealed but they change depending on how, when, and by whom they are discovered. As quantum physics tells us, the simple fact that something is observed can alter its reality. For me, it is a spiritual practice as well as a practical one.