Upcoming Exhibition: A Solo Exhibition of new work will be shown at the Friesen Gallery in Seattle.
Artist Reception & Exhibition Opening April 2nd, 2009. 5-8pm.
April 2nd- 30th, 2009
Friesen Gallery - Seattle
Washington Mutual Tower
1200 and 1210 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
206 628.9501
"My dreams weigh into my work constantly. Sometimes my dreams enter into my waking life, and I manifest things from them. I have had a recurring lucid dream for over 10 years now. It's a very special place I go. It's so amazing there. I've been trying to map it and write about it, along with creating artwork that represents elements of it. My current series, "Running Through the Forest," is about my recurring dream... Perhaps you are becoming part of it.
My "Running Though the Forest" series represents to me a return to a certain type of freedom & innocence experienced as a child. A metaphor for life as we move through it. It is sometimes filled with anxiety and sometimes with comfort. It is something we must be ok with, as with death and rebirth, if we are not, the forest becomes a jungle and we are consumed by the weight of it.
We run through this forest, yet we cannot run from ourselves. we are confronted by ourselves no matter how far we travel, how deep we go. Sometimes we must go deep inside and shed our outer ego and external influences in order to see clearly who we are...To truly know who and what we are. It is though this constant experience that we are able to more-clearly see the truth that surrounds us. When you are in the forest you only have yourself. When I dream, I travel into a forest, but I fear not, for I am in my present true-self and therefore cannot be weighted down by the karmic weight that is placed upon us by ourselves and society.
There is no movie, there are no props, there is no 15 minutes, your already in it,
as am I."
