artist statement

Architectural references, ancient, modern or contemporary, the photographs I take of them, and the geometrical abstractions that I draw from them on the computer, are the basis for my painting process. Creating a loose geometry of shapes within a composition, the continuous process of layering, covering, appliqueing, sanding and layering, creates a balance of tension, movement and harmony that simulates experience, memory and emotion. The circle and square continually emerge and are veiled by layers of middle and foreground, simplifying the obvious, creating an illusory veil of the subjective.

As I paint, the critical thoughts and emotional experiences attached to images, come bounding through the paint, sometimes obscured, sometimes, less so. Painting for me is a process of communicating the head to the heart to the hand, to create something alive and documentary.