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As a printmaker, I explore and celebrate the material substance and iterative process of printmaking. Beginning with figurative subjects, often captured from life, I evolve each image through successive cycles of drawing, abstraction and conversion to new substrates. Across a series of prints, I may employ traditional or academic approaches for different materials, or parts of the process, depending on the desired effect, mood, or pattern of the image. For example, I may use an unpolished plate to create an unstable ground resulting in accidental marks and fragmentation when etched. In other cases, I may leverage non-traditional materials to create repetitive marks across a polished surface. Balancing traditional intaglio techniques with experimentation, I actively embrace the physical idiosyncrasies of the medium and its constituent parts and processes.