For a long time, being an artist and a scientist felt like straddling two worlds. Not true. There are basic commonalities between the human condition, art, and science. Every day is an experiment. Every clean sheet of paper an experiment waiting — each line, each decision: an experiment. Everyone does experiments, complete with an hypothesis (expectations based on previous action and consequence) everyday. Works of art and science experiments are just two discreet kinds of many experiments, just two different outlets for curiosity testing consequence.

Now I think of art and science as two sides of a metal coin, about taking that iron and forging it into a magnet where the electromagnetic fields that no one can directly see is the individual. Aren’t we all accumulations of evidence? You can feel a someone’s force, see their actions, but not the whole or entirety of them. The human conundrum — all trains passing in the night, the repulsive forces in our electrons making sure we never touch.

Currently my work plays on relationships in space, using negative space and arrangement to highlight perception. On one hand I find this is an excellent experimental representation of the scientific process: cataloging, drawing relationships, finding pattern, organizing and documenting, working through data. On the other, I find this is an excellent mirror for relationships in life, each discrete shape standing in for a person, telling a story. This compared to that. The distance and arrangement pointing out the relationship between objects, like a narrative, the threads between thoughts.

But don’t take my word for it. Look for yourself. See for yourself.