The actual process of making a painting is just as important as the finished piece.  Each painting has a life of its own that is in constant flux, and each stage of its development is equally as important as the next.  My work retains traces of the process since I do not like to mask these with superficial finishing touches.  Denying evidence of the process takes away the passion that went into making a particular work.

My interests currently lie in visualizing the art making process.  I use mixed media paintings in a way that celebrates the process of mark-making and making art, while maintaining my theme of chronological time, (a concept that also gives me inspiration).  I work on a large format so that by Combining drawn and painted images in a pictorial way, I can honor each faceted area of the canvas as having its own place in time and space.  Throughout my work, visual symbols are used to represent significant parts of my life.  Whether I represent a dog, architectural structures, or a swimming pool, I layer images that not only relate to my passage of time, but also relate to other people’s lives.

In my latest body of work I depict two aspects of time: process – the time during which a painting travels from bare canvas to being hung on a gallery wall, and chronological time – layered nostalgic symbols that represent a journey.  By showing these two different aspects of time I hope to create a richer experience that I believe will lead to a deeper level of appreciation for the viewer.