I think of my work as non figurative figurativism: the figure approximately. That doesn’t mean that I’m not interested in form and line. I am. I push past form and line to find the unexpected: the non sequitur.
The non sequitur is very important to me. It takes an idea from one course of action and wrenches it into another direction. It forces a piece to morph from good to great.
The surfaces of my paintings are highly manipulated encouraging a two dimensional work to become three dimensional. There are no mistakes. There are happy accidents. Surfaces are meant to read as a controlled chaos vibrating with energy.
There is evolution; A beginning a middle and an end; without plan. Plan is for sissies. My work is a moment to moment intercourse between artist and art.
The messages of the work are numerous. One obvious discussion is of transitions and re inventions; the movement from who we are, to who we will become.
Whatever is, was. And on and on.
I think of Amselm Kiefer. His work has a randomness that I relate to.