"These capsules are self-contained elements full of detail an animation. I then use these elements to build a baroque surface, alive with activity, complete with the illusion of foreground and distant background. On a different level my work carries a message about boundaries. The boundaries between order and chaos. Whenwe see structure, the edge of it's order is imposing a limit to the extent of the chaotic world in which it exists. Imposed limitsinduce competition and competition determines the rise and fall of empires, the survival of entire species. Metaphorically, an island represents order and the sea chaos. The shoreline defines the limit of the waters edge and the sea in turn shapes the island contour. It is this competition between what is straight and flat with that which is contorted and wrinkled which forms the glass vessels into their sinuous, coastal tracings. This struggle is echoed at every level in our environment and is the heart of the engine driving evolution."