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My art is an acknowledgment of my mortality. What I explore is the continuous tension between oblivion and realization.
I search for the key to the mysterious layers of lines, color, and texture. I seek to find and develop the focal point, like a beacon in the chaotic noise of life. I believe in balancing outbursts of spontaneity, which bring a piece alive, with deliberate and deeply considered refinements that bring focus and clarity. To achieve the adoration of specific areas of the work, other aspects must be neglected, obscured, or destroyed to achieve a new harmony. I may paint or draw a single line or shape repeatedly, scraping away the edges with my finger, erasing with one color only to re-apply the shades from the previous layer, repeating the obliteration and restoration until what I see has the right intensity and rhythm.
My art has a conscious process, but it’s not just an intellectual exercise. It’s about the feeling or emotional response you get from viewing the work. The great rewards of art are bearing witness to the presence of the human spirit and the experience of sensation and discovery.