In applying a method in the making of my work, I am interested in finding out more about self-organization and its applications. I use a form of sampling to create my marks and shapes. The individual steps of doing so are simple, collectively however, they result in a visual mosaic of interlacing space and color. Each compositional module becomes connected in a web-like fashion to its environment, which to me is analogous to the networked surroundings we live in today. The complex whole of the system is comprised of separate elements that, if allowed to carry out their individual processes unhindered, organize themselves. Some of the most interesting elements in my paintings occur in an unpremeditated and unforced manner, and result in intricate layers of visual information.

Through the physicality of painting and the application of a process, I explore themes present in our fluid and interconnected world. Looking at the ways technology and biology interact and influence one another, I draw on the reciprocal relationship between the organic and non-organic and let it shape my work.

New Yorker Annette Cords layers texture and pattern, … (her) richly colored paintings bring to mind fabrics, weaving, plaids, and also city grids and networks on circuit boards. The work has a color-field quality because of its dense color, but the grids, whether upright or on an angle, talk to minimalism and obsession with drawing lines. Agnes Martin on peyote came to mind …