This series is a visual language describing the expanse of the exterior world and our place in it. The art speaks to our need to breathe and occupy space: to delineate, fill and clear it out to make room for more space, more experiences. The gestures of painting, collaging and drawing that define the art are prompted by literature, poetry, lyrics and words processed over and over on a continuous loop in my head. Cues are varied: my own words – a poet’s prose. Tom Petty – Chuck Berry. Amanda Gorman – Bob Woodward. R&B – the BBC. Rhythms and frequencies are caught on the surfaces in the process of dissolving, veiled or unearthed with occasional breakthroughs of the shapes or marks that they leave behind. The literal and visual combine on one plain, creating new narratives from earlier stories.