Artist's Statement

"Imagery plays the dominant role in my work. Although you may infer connotations from the images that stir a connection to other things, and I may even feel a touch of synchronicity as the painting develops itself, it is the image and the space that it occupies in the world that is my focus.

Regardless if it is a leaf in a landscape, a carcass of hanging color or a posed figure, the basics of line, color, shape and design are really what the work is about.

The subconscious reaches for symbols from myth, faith and literature when looking at paintings, especially contemporary and non-traditional work, and tries to find a safe and comfortable connection. I think that's ok, and even welcome as it shuttles the image and the work into rooms in the mind that I did not know were there, but sometimes fit better than the original idea of the work."