Animals Living in the country, surrounded by woods and being an avid gardener, I spend hours outdoors where there is never a quiet moment if you really listen. Bird song, especially in the early morning is a reminder to me that it is not "all about us", that we share our environment with many creatures: feathered, furred, four and six legged, many legged, with wings and without, amphibian, domestic and wild, and even those that live in the soil that we can't see. These tiles are my tribute to some of them. I've chosen white on white for the most part as a colorless pallet allowing the textural qualities to prevail and give form to the subject.