I am interested in a balance of simplicity and complexity; control and non-control; and of absence and presence. Process and repetition have always been part of my work, and now serve as content. Incorporated into my planning is the relationship of the materials and process, with a testing of the limits of the materials. The marks or components are no longer primarily expressive, they have become increasingly self-referential. My work is quietly autobiographical; the materials and processes I use surround me and tell of my life identity. I strive for perfection in my work and in the different areas of my life, but the beauty lies in the imperfections. It lies in the irony and contradiction of being both totally present and lost in the moment.