The One Contains the All--"If you live one moment deeply, that moment contains all the past and all the future in it." Thich Nhat Hanh

Buddhist practice and the study of Zenga painting have been important influences on my work. The "Water" series explores the meditative state arising from giving attention to a single aspect of nature, in this case, water movement. The woodblock prints reflect this process and the laborious process of carving the wood becomes a labor of love as it reenacts the original intimacy of experience. Likewise, the woodcuts explore similarities of the wood grain to the gesture and geometry of water ripples. The images capture an arrested moment, and the resonating effects of a stone dropped into still water. As a series, they mark the daily passage of time.