what must come to pass (after goya)

Analogical rhythms sway sinuously in fire and water; smoke created by fire scorching the earth and water currents flowing through river channels have similar aesthetic qualities.

I am interested in the notion of physical resilience and how it can be inferred through drawing, through mark-making. Vegetation is constantly prey to the specter of fire damage, and such precarious existence is contingent on the proper balance of resources; minerals, soil, water and sunlight. I aim to reveal the dramatic qualities present within wood by conveying an environment that is ambivalently aquatic and fiery. I control the heat that is required to char wood as the latter resists damage via the shielding presence of water within its cellulosic fibers. The destructive potential of fire is mitigated by the properties of water to yield one harmonious composition through visual rhythm. The presence of the lighter marks on the wood remind that there is still wealth underneath damage, that life still stirs in the aftermath of destruction, in the depths of sunless oceans.