Like so many others, my passion for drawing and painting and all things art began in my early cchildhood. I had the good fortune of obtaining a classical art academy education as an adult.
After years of expressing my love for the beauty and mystery of the world around me objectively, academically, I came to understand, rather than the subjective beauty of our world; what really inspires me is the ever expanding, inscrutable mystery of it all.
Being ever the student, with a burning desire for knowledge, I was led down a path where science and spirituality converge.
Venturing down that rabbit hole I learned that there are more descriptions of the nature of reality than I could wrap my head around. The one thing that resonates the most with me is the physics or rather the metaphysics. The fact that all is vibration. The only difference is the arrangement and frequency of quantum fields of energy. Each having a different rhythm, yet all is harmony.
I imagine an infinite variety of colors and shapes in fluid motion. I have incorporated a key element of this concept into my work by painting with intuitively chosen, fluid fields of color.
Painting in the abstract is exhilarating, a source of Intimate joy. It allows me to be spontaneous, free from the obligation of concepts and points of reference. It keeps me present, in the moment, trusting my intuition, having no idea where the process is taking me. I love having the freedom, it expands my imagination.
It feels like I’m exploring a strange and mystical environment. Blocks of time seem to vanish.
Occasionally recognizable images within the paintings seem to reveal themselves, things that I did not in a deliberate, subjective way place there. I’m amazed at how swiftly our brain forms familiar shapes with a small amount of information. Pareidola at work.
I have no desire to represent anything in our objective reality and yet these images emerge during the process. I am sometimes asked, what does it mean? I think it's significantly more important to experience the moment to moment evolution of the process than attempting a post production interpretation.
For me this is an experiential journey. A full spectrum emotional experience, into the Devine Mystery.
I can talk extensively about the process, however, I can't tell you what it means, that's something the viewer has to decide for his or her self. I personally don’t think my work means anything. This is the primary reason I do not, with few exceptions, name the work, it limits the possibilities.
"PAINTING FOR ME IS A JOURNEY WITHIN, RICH IN EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. I NEVER KNOW WHERE IT WILL LEAD; I'M FREQUENTLY SURPRISED AND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT DELIGHTED."