Pencil Paper Scissors Light is an all-inclusive creative method and book title for three interconnected series of work. Thinking About Drawing is an exploration of the daily practice of drawing. It is the prolonged act of looking to draw and then extract new images through the photographic medium. Original drawings are grounded in familiar or found objects (bubble wrap, cardboard, paperclips, clothespins, wire, etc.) and are often defined by simple shapes or forms. Historically, the photograph has been perceived as drawing with light but now in the process is directly connected. From actual drawings, cutouts, and the use of photographic methods, a new drawing is discovered. Erratic Geometries & Eccentric Shapes are the constructions of invented marks and drawings that reference themselves and appear from the nature of the experiment (chemical stains, sun exposures, and more). The camera is eliminated to focus on mark-making, use of traditional photographic papers, and wet darkroom processes. Pieces are unique and can be called Concrete Photographs born of their material and method. Consequences for Inconsequential Things continues the investigation of the act of drawing. Small sculptures are constructed from found and discarded rubble. These sculptures become drawings, then photograms, which finally are scanned, manipulated, and printed.

A photograph is always the finished piece. Exploration through both drawing and photography includes representational or abstract observations. Formal concerns of shape, form, texture, color or hue, and the important placement of objects within the frame, are always present; works are essentially still life. The construction and context in which the many elements are arranged reference ordinary, everyday objects while using the variety of photographic approaches available to see in unexpected ways, practice drawing by a variety of techniques, and conceivably expand the boundaries of both mediums.