In my paintings I try to setup a situation where invisible structures and patterns around me can grow naturally into conscious and visible forms.
As soon as I start making marks, I feel a strong pull of curiosity and surprise, seeing and responding to forms and colors from a space on, and beyond, the painted surface. It develops into something or somewhere I haven’t seen before and something unnameable is expressed. I get views of environments or structures that were previously hidden to me. Invisible structures or currents that just needed following and translating to become visible. The resulting paintings do not seem abstract, but feel specific, even if unidentifiable.
To begin a painting, there is no image in mind. The process is intuitive, a moment by moment expression, discovery and response. I am reaching for something that is also reaching for me. The artwork that appears is a part of the whole experience that I hope the conveys some of the joy, curiosity and satisfaction I feel in making it.
