All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

~ Toni Morrison, from "The Site of Memory"

With time I have come to realize that so much of my work is about the process of deconstruction and reassembly. In the reformation of torn materials, an entirely new entity emerges. The initial elements, though charged with change, always carry a blend of possibility and legacy.

This painting is part of the Melange series.