Statement

My art is informed by both contemporary and modernist painting. I use acrylic and oil paint as well as various collage materials on paper, panel, and canvas. I explore pattern and repetition, not for the sake of pattern and repetition but for the dream-like, meditative experience it offers me. 

Over time, visual information accrues in my work. The meditative process sets up spatial relationships and intriguing color vibrations. The overall begins to emerge and holds me in a kind of intimate conversation, yet it looms large. The skewed nature of the geometry dips into the awkward. Color relationships, as well as other bits of information, populate the surfaces.  It is in that complex space of relationships that I make art. 

In some cases, the repeating patterns and vibrating color allow the mark-making to shimmer and at other times the work pulls into a quiet and calmer feeling. Some sessions can completely change the once followed direction. A simple addition of bits of text or a newer mark can shift the lay of the land. I follow those instincts.  My intention is to express individual clarity in each painting as fully as I can.