There’s a lot that goes into the making of something, this statement describes my general approach:
When I work, I begin a process of “finding”, moving myself through steps and stages, where each step suggests the next. I work on the wall with wood panels and oils, at times conventional canvas. There’s painting, arranging, reviewing, adding, and subtracting. I move things around quite a bit, it’s both an emergent process and a formal one. The wood panels and their fragments have an architecture: I’m aware of shape, texture, line – color can often be my starting point. More recently I’ve been using raw, soft, canvas in contrast to these solid surfaces… I can go through numerous arrangements, photographing them as I go is helpful.
I’m forever influenced by what the natural environment shows me, be it the weather, light, color, flora or fauna, it’s always there in my work.
In conclusion, I strive for something distilled, evocative, offering a visual conversation.