Pearl S. Buck writes:
"The artist and the scientist have much in common. They are profoundly interdependent. They share the creative mind, the irresistible undying need to explore and to know. Perhaps the artist goes one step further. For him the need is also to understand, and understanding, to explain mankind, even to itself.”
The real, but seemingly abstract relationship between the macroscopic and microscopic world is a constant force in my work, having spent many hours looking through microscopes and being keenly interested in outer space and its exploration. I am concerned about the interrelationships of all organisms in their environment and the importance of each within the context of that environment. I guess I often think about the judgments our own species makes about that sensitive relationship and the often fallacious assumptions on which we make them, both politically and economically. In my grappling with these issues in my work, I utilize both old and new artistic techniques, approaching with a contemporary twist. Contrasts are explored; lines are direct or subtle; an organic, rhythmic flow meets with a contrapuntal wedge. There is an integration of texture, color, pattern, form, and line quality which creates visual language and metaphor. | MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES and APPOINTMENTS
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