Artist’s Statement

The orchestration of color, texture and technique create images that transcend the simple identification of figure-ground relationships to provide compositions that initiate introspection and evoke memories.

Critical to the work is an exploration of color relationships. Colors are pushed and pulled to create depth and nuance, whether it is manifested in a thirty piece study exhausting the abundant relationships of three colors, or a larger work that emphasizes the intricacy of one color on a single surface. Color selection and composition are wedded to observations of the natural environment and the artist’s experience of object and place.

In the creative act the paint is made to dance and mingle until a distinct, harmonious composition is achieved. Communities of color and texture are built, layer upon layer, each revealed according to variations in light. The painted works represent the artist’s ability to filter the commotion, distraction, and excessive stimulation of daily life thus creating an atmosphere of tranquility.