• When I first discovered the idea of a painting as a window, I wondered what existed beyond the window frame. Did the picture extend in all directions? If so, how far? By cropping a view of something larger, the window suggested an infinite landscape. That landscape has captivated my attention ever since — not because I’m compelled to understand it, but because I cannot.


    In my art practice, engaging with infinity means engaging with my own finiteness: my line can go only so far; my brushstrokes last only so long before they die. I’m inspired by writing and music – specifically, their beginning-middle-end structure and sequences of moments. I’m also inspired by the writings of Lucretius, who rejects the notion of a center or edge to the cosmos and sees life as a fleeting moment within a boundless continuum of time.

    In my Lucretius series, I make a single line that begins and ends at the edge of the canvas. My challenge is to integrate line with the background – figure with ground – and I’m interested in the metaphysical issues that arise from this challenge. For me, the figure corresponds to the human condition of finiteness, the ground corresponds to the infinite time and space in which the figure occurs.