For more than two decades, the driving force behind Kent O’Doherty’s work has been the pursuit of what lies beyond—beyond perception, beyond intellect, beyond the self. For him, what lies beyond forms the foundation of all that is here: joy and pain, water and air, fire and love, the courage and fear embedded in daily life. At the same time, he sees all that we encounter as humans as the foundation of what lies beyond, the two realms inextricably interdependent. O’Doherty’s works embody the way he views and lives his life. He creates within the construct of reiterative divergence—subtle, steady progress and development—where techniques and interrelated aesthetics are refined through time and experience. Each piece becomes both culmination and continuation, a link in the chain of his practice. For him, there is no final destination; every moment is its own arrival. Drawn to fabric for its ability to generate depths of shadow and light, O’Doherty embraces the material’s autonomy. He values the way fabric communicates its will in the act of making, and how, regardless of manipulation, it always retains its essential nature.