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Human ecology is the study of the interaction of people with their environment. Individual distinctions are usually not common points of reference. It is often our mutual afflictions that create meaningful relationships and visible change.

Working on either paper or fabric I create a ground using iconographic silhouettes of the human form. I use direct and offset printing, stenciling and masking to begin building the duplicate shapes. After creating this surface I start to include other forms as well as texture, line and color. The information accumulates and informs both the subject and the viewer. The content I address is often intimate in origination but public in its context within art. Symbolism can be as direct as a capitol "A", a walker, hand tools, or the human head or more understated as a mood conveyed by tone, rugged texture, translucency or quality of line.