I'm not a performer, in that I don't like the public, but I work in that respect.

A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.

I knew the tree when it grew, and the tree is now gone. The farmers cut it up, and it's become firewood. And there's this tremendous sense of absence and shock and violence attendant to that collapsing tree.

Art for me is a form of nourishment. I need the land. I need it.

Everything has the energy of its making inside it.

I go way beyond just the wood and stone but to the process of growth and farming and the tensions between the two.

The main reason I went to digital was because I got time-lapse, video, and still images all in one camera. Having a minimal amount of gear is really important for someone who wants to walk around. That allowed me to have this flexibility to document things in different ways.