I have always loved nature; and light; and shadows, and have always enjoyed the process of "nothing" (or something) becoming... What I enjoy about painting is the process. Its perpetual process.
Painting helps me see. I don't paint because I see. I see because I paint. For me, painting is a very intimate process. It's problem-solving. It's therapy. I layer my emotions, expressions, and reflections on a surface, and I find that only when the layers begin building on themselves, do they reveal any truth.
I have been experimenting with light, pattern, and form, and I really enjoy the organic relationships I find among them. I enjoy trying to capture the 3-dimensional textures around me -- building an image out of volume and depicting the way light falls across it. Lately, I have been especially interested in finding and depicting the shapes, geometry, and relationships that organic draping of fabric creates.
I strive to engage the spectator. I want my work to affect feeling and emotion. I hope the viewer feels real life in the images I make -- no matter whether they evolved from models or maquettes -- or came directly from my imagination. I want my work to appear effortless; and I hope that if only for a moment, it slows down our busy pace and serves to help you to see the world in new ways (just as it does for me).