In the installation “Flowtopia” I was concerned with the idea of alchemy... the desire to transform metal into a universal elixir. My impressions of naturally occurring patterns and flows of energy observed in daily life and through my art practice come together in this work to create a mellifluous suspended drawing. In it I reference and contrast a diversity of biologic and manufactured form evocative of things as disparate as bee hives, electric circuits, sound wave patterns and the branching patterns of veins in the human body. Unifying all of this through color and line I have created a flowing composition to elicit a state of harmony and well-being in the viewer. I am also interested in finding ways of upending traditional art practices by integrating mark-making, painting and drawing, that clearly show the hand of the artist, with high-tech processes, such as laser-cutting, which is more mechanical in nature. In doing so, my practice is congruent with my subject matter. It is a search for universal truths that govern all disparate things... things which I have observed to similarly form, grow and dissipate in time.