"My work consists of areas of color representing the natural world, with consideration of hues over that of line or shape, extracting the essence of nature from the Babel of detail. After years of painting on canvas, I began to realize that 2-dimensional renderings, no matter how detailed, were only illusions of reality. For me, a 3-dimensional world required a 3-dimensional interpretation. I needed to pull my brush strokes off the canvas and out into the world; I wanted to paint on air. The switch to wood panels and sculpted wood forms was a solution to that problem.
Every layer requires its own painting technique. The sculpted pieces each represent 3-dimensional brush strokes. Each piece creates new layers of color within its own plane as well as forming negative planes over the inner layers. These layers then subdivide that negative space further into smaller areas as well as introducing new color systems.
The panels, mounted on varying levels, are painted with heavy, deliberate strokes, creating textured surfaces of indeterminate bearing. The easel has been disposed of and each panel is painted flat, on the floor or other low surface and from all four sides to eliminate directional orientation. A wash is then applied (sprayed) and the colors encouraged to blend by tilting the panel, using brushes, palette knives, sticks, hands or blowing across the surface. This final stage introduces a small measure of randomness and a vitality to counter my planning.
Each layer, each brush stroke must manifest movement and spatial relationships. The attitude of each section toward the others, each stroke of paint on the panel not only represents a fundamental movement and energy, but creates it."