I began creating
environmental art while working on my Master's Degree at
the University of Idaho from 1999 – 2002. It was part
of a class taught by Professor George Wray (now retired). I
became intrigued with artists such as Robert Smithson, Andy Goldsworthy, Nancy Holt and James Turrell. It began a totally new area of
creativity for me after working in the graphic design
field since 1978.
I tend to examine and explore texture, form and minimalist
style. I try to find beauty in natural forms, whether
created by myself or observed in nature and documented with
photography.
Sometimes, I may see something in those forms. This is a
phenomenon known as pareidolia. This is a common experience, such as
seeing the "man in the moon" or the Virgin Mary in a
burnt tortilla. One tends to see what one wants to see.
A colleague at the college I teach at, Eugene Schilling, calls it the "blue bunny syndrome"
after a small child exclaimed that they saw one in one
of his paintings.