In my latest series I have begun to use wild clay from Montana as a pigment for painting. These paintings are slowly built up of various colors and combinations of local clays. Once dried the clay is carefully sanded revealing the hues and textures beneath each preceding layer. The resulting work reveals the intrinsic nature of clay and the essence of geological time. The work represents an allure for the earth, a romanticized rendition of the landscape in which one finds beauty in all its fissures, pits, and scars.