How do backyards and urban green spaces fit into and change the cities around them? The intersection of the natural world and the urban environment fascinates me. Experiencing nature allows something deep inside us all to fall into place.

This series of watercolors explores the impermanence and beauty of life. Throughout history flowers have been used to represent fertility and birth while moths have been associated with death. So I combine flowers with moths to represent the cycle of life where birth, aging and death are intertwined and nothing remains constant.

The loose and spontaneous painting process I use has roots in Abstract Expressionism. When I start painting, I put down brushstrokes that become a flower or a moth and let the painting evolve as it will. Watercolor is my favorite medium for this improvisational style because it is lush and fluid and the painting changes as the water evaporates from the paint.