Statement

Painting is a vibrant place at the juncture of the material and the conceptual. My paintings are light, space, colour, volume, and rhythm, and how these play out on the picture plane.

All painting is about looking, and in my work I try to balance the making of the painting with the act of looking.

I use line, colour, shape, and all the traditional concerns and tools of a trained artist in my work, however, paint handling, knowledge of materials, and intution are as important to my practice.

I draw on these elements to recast sensory experiences in a new way. Everyone brings a body of knowledge to the act of looking; this knowledge can confer meaning to paintings that may at first seem purely abstract — these paintings may elicit an immediate emotional response, or even a vague sense of familiarity.

Even in the case of recognizable subject matter, painting is not merely a tool for examining the world; it is an acknowledgement of the many experiences that occur to us while we live and observe.

The same body of knowledge that allows us to see a landscape, to interpret the symbols and moods of representational paintings, also allows us to experience the emotive reality of an abstract painting. All paintings attest to the reality and strength of elements of human experience that are beyond the scope of language to describe, and confirm the evocative powers of light, space, and colour.