World Turtle Print

There are elementary ideas and concerns that continually surface in oral, visual and written materials from the earliest people to present day. It is to these constants, the varieties of understanding and interpretations with which they are expressed, that I turn for what I do in my work. Much has been lost, forgotten or so cluttered with the embellishments of time and misunderstanding that the real value is obscured. Once regarded as sacred and serious belief, it is often reduced to story, fairy tale and fable. My approach to this vast array of material, now classified as story, mythologies, fables, and fireside tales is a contemporary look at the shared concerns and attempts humankind has made to deal with their environment and their place within it. Like many others, I am seeking to uncover or revisit that forgotten part of our memories that is universally shared, causing one to pause, however fleeting, and contemplate that which we are as well as our relationship to the whole of existence.