Conversations with a Stone

A stone carries a history measured in geological time, while a painting records a series of decisions made in the present. Conversations with a Stone, inspired in part by Wisława Szymborska's poem of the same name, brings these different timescales together. Each small mixed-media painting incorporates a real stone, allowing its natural color, texture, and shape to become part of the composition. The contrast between the stone's enduring material presence and the changing layers of paint creates a dialogue between what nature has formed and what the artist introduces..

This series grew out of a commission and developed into a distinct body of work.