STATEMENT

    SO OFTEN, FOR ME, THE ARTISTIC PROCESS REPRESENTS A CONNECTING WITH A PLACE OF RENEWAL, DISCOVERY, GROUNDING & NOSTALGIA. THE PIECES I HAVE SELECTED FOR THIS SHOW SHARE THAT COMMON THREAD.

    RICH LANDSCAPES & OLD REMOTE CABINS FILLED WITH STORIES OF MYSTERY, ROMANCE, FAMILY, THE SWEETLY FAMILIAR, THE MARK OF A GREAT MANY PASSING SEASONS, DEATH, LIFE & THE LIVING OF IT.

    THE SENSE OF WONDER & “NEWNESS” A WORLD CAPTURED THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD OF THE AGE OF 8, EXPLORING, WITH FRIENDS,  VAST TERRAINS OF ANCIENT & NOBLE TREES, THE REVELRY OF ALL MANNER OF LIFE IN THE CRADLE OF IT’S BROAD & NURTURING LIMBS, THE PROSPECT OF “MAGIC” AROUND EVERY TURN & “BIGFOOT”, AGAINST A BACKDROP OF THE LAUGHTER OF ADULTS & THE SMELL OF CAMPFIRE SMOKE IN THE DISTANCE.

    THE REDISCOVERING OF THAT FEELING OF AWE & “MAGIC”, AS AN ADULT, LIVING IN SOUTH AFRICA. WITH IT’S WILDLY VIVID EXPLOSION OF LIFE, ACTIVITY, COLORS, TEXTURES, SOUNDS, PEOPLE & CULTURE.  HEART-SEIZING ENCOUNTERS WITH WILD ELEPHANTS, A SUDDEN & PASSING FACE TO FACE EXCHANGE WITH OSTRICHES.  REPRESENTED IN THIS SHOW ARE PIECES FROM A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED WORKS FROM A CHILDRENS BOOK, CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT.  THE RENDERINGS ARE TAKEN FROM ACTUAL PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE YEAR I RESIDED THERE.