My Process

I first became acquainted with the Danish word “pencilhus’ a little more than twenty five years ago as an exchange student in Greenland. Looking back, I think the word — meaning a small zippered sack of pencils — struck me because it seemed to give such everyday, often unappreciated, creative instruments the level of import that they deserve. Since then I am hardly ever found without one within arms’ length. Whether traveling, or simply on an afternoon outing with my children, my pencilhus and sketchbook allow me to capture ideas, images and words that I can later put to paper with pencil, pen & ink, colored pencils . . . and a touch of marker.