I write. I paint. I layer images, searching for harmony in the chaos. 

There are clues everywhere, proof of how we connect to life we might sometimes think is completely different from our own. Our similarities run through winding veins of leaves, in the line of a church steeple as it pierces a cloud, in the wrinkles on a stranger's hands, a single line of poetry, in pages of books, handwritten letters, and even in the wiring on a computer chip. Connections are right there in math equations, in old sheets of music, in discarded packaging, graffiti, newsprint, and in maps, with boundaries designed to divide us or bring us together. 

If I'm lucky, my work, whether it be a drawing, collage, a painting, a novel, an essay, or poetry, will illuminate layers of meaning that transform observers. If I'm blessed, that viewer will carry something new away, no longer mine.

On this page a few of my recent fine art works from two series are displayed. For more fine art, click here. For writing, click here.