In the study of Chaos Theory it has recently been found that any chaotic system has within it the tendency to work its way towards order, beginning in a specific domain and spreading throughout the system. Early computer modeling showed these domains to be rare and elusive, thus they were termed “Strange Attractors.” Jeff Richards’ artwork, in a peculiar way, is his own way of searching for these Strange Attractors, these domains of order within chaos, wherein the seeds of coherence and beauty lie. Often distant as a faint echo, or lost in cold and claustrophobic darkness, the Strange Attractors yet call. An ethereal display of embroidery thread on painted board.