'You are a ghost driving a meat covered skeleton made from stardust riding a floating rock through space. Fear nothing.'  I saw this written on a bathroom wall and it was a revelation to me.I was so intrigued. I love the sentiment and the words really resonated with me. This statement has become almost a mantra for me and has changed the way I view the world and my place in it. The fact is that we are all made of stars, isn't that incredible? It sounds like a fairy tale but it is true. Every element on Earth was formed at the heart of a dying star. This series of paintings explores the idea that we are all stardust and are built from one creation spiral at the heart of a star. Much of my work deals with parenthood and the struggle that most of us share. We are building humans while the universe keeps building the galaxy. The creation spiral is a singular parent of all. The physical paintings are layer upon layers of building, mark making removing and adding to find that moment of grace. The final result has a celestial feel to it. I began using base metals mostly in the form of dust (actual stardust?!?) to represent the new spark, the formation or creation of life, of home. My rebel yell mantra has become: I am a mark maker. I am a human builder. I fear nothing.