Paint is seductive terrain.
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I am obsessed with the physicality of paint. I am particularly interested in how paint, as a three-dimensional medium, can function as a landscape. The surfaces of my paintings are up to one inch thick with paint liberally applied like icing on a cake.
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When juxtaposed in just the right way, colors are dynamic and poetic. I work with colors until they converse with one another. The more intricate the color combination, the more complex the discourse.
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My paintings are my assertions of my belief in the visual sufficiency of visual art -- "art for art's sake." I am an aesthete. I make work that explores color, form and surface.
​* I do not care for artist statements. They are what art schools, galleries, museums and many collectors expect of artists. Artist statements are inherently full of "artybullocks." When I encounter a work of visual art, what I think and feel in relation to what I see matters far more to me than the text accompanying it. It is VISUAL art. Reading about the work can provide historical, personal and cultural context, and it might enhance my understanding and appreciation, but it rarely changes my visceral and lasting reactions to a work of art, and it will unlikely change whether I like it or not. Perhaps my artist statement will enhance your experience of my art. Perhaps it won't. We like what we like, and I am good with that.​​​​​​​​​​​
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