"Discovery" - Everyday, I work to excavate my true, authentic self. I struggle and sweat to uncover my body from the mountain of fears - and dreams. (This painting started me on a new path of painting, and a new way of walking in this world, established in the belly of nature and its many forms, I started to contemplate the patterns of nature I mimic) 2014 painting on paper - 38"x62" charcoal, ink, silver dust and graphite. graphite on paper 40"x72"