12 x 10" oil, graphite on foam board 2010
Artist statement, practice: principles of elements -
Painting, sculpture, and my works on paper serve as a 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 occurring so suddenly that we don't realize it. My work is more about this process than any single subject.
My paintings are in oil, usually of multiple layers of paint. Surface and texture are important.
My sculpture are indoor pieces assembled from miscellaneous ingredients: wood, wire, paint, glue, debris.
My works on paper are often informed by sketchbook drawings combined with collage elements generating juxtapositions in thought and material.
In the Spring of 2022, I began using foil leaf as an additional ingredient to both my sculpture and painting that continues today, but not so fervently.
Recently I've been taking stock of my work: photographing, organizing and storing. In the process I have been finding work, some pieces, that don't seem to be resolved that I am re-addressing. 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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