Intaglio, for me, is a drawing-based medium which enhances the poetic potential of line and tone.  Because the inked lines in etchings, drypoints and engravings are embossed, and have a literal three-dimensional depth, they are capable of qualities that cannot be achieved in any other medium.  I work mostly, though not exclusively, in drypoint, drawing directly on copper plates with a diamond-point needle, which allows me to achieve a wide variation of line-- from a delicate shimmering silver to a velvet black-- as compared with the relatively uniform line achieved with acid-based etching. I like to draw Insects, birds and small delicate creatures which are in constant movement and full of fleeting expression. Temporality, joy, humor, struggle, uncertainty and transcendence are all experiences I try to transmit in my prints.