As a contemporary Western artist, I have always been fascinated by Eastern traditions. In Western art negative space denotes a space that is not painted or the space around a defined object. By contrast, Eastern art values negative space or "open space" as positive, a moment of mystery unfolding. Its silence, space and empty time are full of energy, and what we associate to this energy is our own discover.

These works, on hand-made paper, are suggestions of the human spirit rather than statements.

Gary D. Snider