As a student of 20^th Century abstraction, my eyes are drawn to the geometric forms of urban environment and the natural designs carved out into the landscape. I am intrigued by the human condition and our quest to connect meaning to our lives. I am fascinated with the systems and boundaries that humans construct to protect them-selves from life and all it’s unknowns. In being a product of my environment, I absorb the sights and sounds of American culture and filter these memories into my work. As a child, I watched cartoons such as Snorkel, Jem and the Smurfs and when coloring in books I always tried to stay within the lines. I look at a line as the connections of random dots that form the abstracted outlines of our civilization. Through the use of drawing techniques, I investigate the array of planes that exist within our culture. The characters I create are with paper, scissors and marking materials; they are my interpretation of the patterns we make through out our existence. My drawing collages are of a world that I have created from my subconscious mind.