In my drawings, I create expansive matrixes of repeated, interlocking forms, which appear as tight, rigorous, and highly specific patterns. Through an ongoing process of memorization and mastery, I am able to render these abstractions by hand, without the use of guides, measurements, or an overall plan. Inevitable flaws of the eye and hand constantly produce minute imperfections and idiosyncrasies, interfering with the structure of the pattern. This tension results in a continuous play between order and fluidity, dynamism and control.

Each pattern is constructed by a step-by-step sequence of marks that never changes but repeats endlessly. The process begins at a random point on the surface and grows outward organically in an amoebic form. The size of the mark is fixed, determined by a tactile comfort that produces a closely reproducible body motion. The pattern acts as the single rule that cannot be broken, as it holds the process together. I use a quick gesture, always trying to minimize the effort exerted in the mark. This enhances the rapidity of expansion and also produces accidental error. With an understanding of the geometric ratios within the pattern, I can continually maintain it amidst substantial warping. However, every distortion affects all adjacent cells and creates rifts in the matrix, threatening to compromise the pattern.

I wish to avoid subjectivity as much as possible in matters of decision-making with regard to the visual properties of the finished drawing. I prefer to use materials that are commonplace and designed for banal functions, such as office markers and masking tape, because they speak to a material immediacy and exert strict limitations on color and line variation. Recently, I have been experimenting with variations in color to the extent offered by these materials, as a way to highlight certain characteristics of the pattern that hint at the process of creating them. I am interested in the way the work relates metaphorically to the relationship of the organism to rationally constructed systems of control. There is a sense of flexibility and agency despite being confined by the framework that gives each mark a purpose and place.