I live at the end of a long dirt road on the very edge of North America in a Buddhist monastery called Gampo Abbey. I am currently Director and I also hold the role of Artist in Residence.

 
My interest has always been at the intersection of contemplative practice and art practice.

 

The environment where I live is a significant character in life, one can’t help but be impacted. It’s fierce and rugged, and can really wake you up.

 

I look out over the largest horizon possible, sky and sea. It is a precious kind of spaciousness that I never take for granted. 

As a child I spent lots of time looking at the ceiling wondering what a room would look like upside down.

 

The common artifacts of life – the kinds of scenes or objects that are so commonplace that they become somehow invisible over time, that’s what really seduces me.

I often explore for months, or even years, the same shapes or scenes in an ongoing dialogue.