This new work has been largely influenced by a deeper interest in the alchemy of the natural environment surrounding both my home and studio located in the coastal
region of northern California. Also inspired by the practices of biodynamic farming, these new paintings act as questions that consider the possibility of a studio practice that is self-sustaining and/or regenerative. In contemplating the way a forest or garden has this potential to reproduce itself via the many systems of pollination, composting and reseeding, I have attempted to replicate this phenomena with my daily approach to painting so that gestures, images and procedures begin to loop and perpetually return. The outcome of this approach has produced a body of work that is deeply rooted in both the order and chaos of the hyper present.