Some paintings are created by mixing oil, enamel, acrylic and alkyd paints with carefully formulated solvents, controlled veils of color flow and swell across the canvas creating textural—in some cases almost visceral—passages. In others I experiment with surface and texture by bundling, folding or forming the canvas and then painting and re-painting it. Often I use rollers, stencils, sprays and power tools to apply the paint. Sometimes I will fold, bundle or weave canvases to create subtle surface variations to reflect light and color into ever shifting color fields. In each case, the goal is to remove (as much as possible) the artist’s 'hand' from the creative process. To make pictures that come to be without the notion of artistic implication.
In this era when more and more artists are abandoning conventional painting for the digital environment and installation art, I find myself more committed than ever to this rich and historic medium. To investigate new tools and explore innovative ways of making compelling works of art with paint.
In the end, I want the viewer to experience my work on several levels, to feel the bold and dramatic sweep of the piece from across the gallery and then be drawn into the subtle nuances of color and texture, gradually completing the experience “nose-to-nose” with the work.
