"I build improvised and invented abstracted realities born out of my love of direct observational drawing of both architectural and natural structures and forms.  With fragments and marks continually piling up, expanding, collapsing, and disappearing - the imagery and process express the perpetual cycle of construction and inevitable decay and dissolution in the tradition of the architectural capriccio.  The genesis for this work began over twenty-five years ago while living and teaching in Turkey, a dense and layered landscape of ancient ruin and modern renewal.  "The Persistence of Ruin" series uses layers of Mylar and Plexiglas to create an atmospheric and deep space and reflect ruins of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Indonesian and Balinese temples, and the Greek and Roman ruins of Turkey.  In the "House Plant" series I depict the familiar architectural vernacular of American ranch and split level suburban houses in bright sunlight and strong colors.  The houses look new and essentially "un-ruined," but they are not fit for human occupancy due to the explosion of plant life emanating from them.  As with all ancient ruins, the houses have moved on from their intended purpose.  The houses represent the initial and narrow view of human objectives and needs, now subverted and allowed to take on a new more expansive and non-human and post-human purpose.  In addition to my various drawing series, in my studio grows an ever evolving architectural model, entitled Styropolis, constructed from discarded Styrofoam and cardboard.  This architectural folly acts as inspiration and source material for other work - including stereoscopic photographs of Styropolis - often with other contemporary, historical, and art historical images projected onto the model."