Digging through the treasures of my subconscious. Runes and map traces revealing fragments of time shifting before my eyes. I get excited by the rhythmic variations of applying the paint. Painting overlapping shapes multiple times, the brush never lands in the same place. The repetition creates disintegrating marks, lines, and patterns. Washes of paint create unexpected movement over surfaces.
I tend to avoid starting a painting with a blank surface. Instead, I start the painting with a unifying color that will add texture and create an initial sense of dynamic range. The color may simply be a slightly mixed white, just enough to begin providing an energy to the space. I may then break the painting into two additional color areas which provide landing zones for denser textures and shapes. Other times, the composition may reveal itself over the course of the process. However, I keep the intention in my mind of exploiting the very edges of the surface or implementing lines and shapes which deliberately emphasize the physical plane. I start a painting with a pre-defined idea of the colors I’ll use. However, a visceral reaction to the painting may drive me to grab a color I find challenging to create problematic elements and bring a new excitement to the piece.