These paintings reveal my inner life: the hard to pin down, the spiritual, the sensual.

Each painting begins with a meditation on an idea from my life, such as the resemblance between my son and myself, or hope for a relationship, usually something I’m feeling strongly about and spend my time thinking about while painting. I begin by planning the piece digitally and culling past works for marks and shapes that symbolize a particular feeling relevant to the current topic. 

Whereas abstract expressionism disdained careful mixing of paint mediums, indirect painting, and anything intentionally decorative, my work explores these practices. My paintings include elements of both cartooning and prettiness, as well as areas of control that come from my deep interest in color, for example, layers of complex color glazes next to areas of quick gesture.  Shapes are branded and stamped on the surface, and some are rigorously reproduced from a projection but made to look like a random mark. My process includes taped edges, planned drips, and outlines. My process depends on persistence, perception and discovery.