12 x 10" oil, graphite on foam board 2010
Artist statement: Principles of elements:
Painting, sculpture, and my works on paper serve as my means of expression and exploration. In a modest studio, quiet and familiar their activation has a momentum that is exhilarating for me to be a part of. They're like friends to me, receptive and suggestive, compelling me to encounter them as frequently as possible.
I am and have always been fascinated by the nature of convergences; the phenomena of the resulting effect of two or more things occurring or arriving at the same place at the same time. How such incidences express and define us physically, psychologically and culturally, sometimes suddenly or realized over time.
My paintings are usually on canvas, occasionally on foam board where I will use oil and at times other ingredients, maybe foil leaf.
My current sculptures are indoor pieces assembled from miscellaneous ingredients: wood, wire, paint, debris, glue.
My works on paper are often informed by sketchbook drawings often combined with collage elements generating juxtapositions in thought and material.
Recently I've been taking stock of my work: photographing, organizing and storing. There are times I find a piece that don't seem resolved or not working at all that I either dispose of or re-address. This is consistent with my fundamental principle of elements and convergences: a new state of mind and old work, a collision, some necessity, and a new result.
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