The spirit of life’s raw beauty and sacrifice is written in these works. Upon a foundation of grids, patterns and graphite mark making; processes, ideas and visual references are recorded. Disarray and decay become an iconic gaze at life’s mystery when laid upon this framework. The works revel in a place wherae traces of love, faith and hope intermingle with signs of war, deprivation and yearning. Life’s song is held within layer after layer of chipping, bubbled, peeling paint.