Artist’s Statement

“From my early experiments with water-based medium the randomness of paint has been fascinating to me; to show a loose shorthand description of the subject, with a touch of diffused mystery. I looked mostly at the post impressionists to understand the possibilities that deconstruction of the form gave to the feeling of lightness, air, and the velocity of movement. I then looked back a bit further as far back a Peter Paul Rubens and his mastery of movement in the human form. I take my subjects in and out of focus as if using a camera obscura. Using light spots and abstract obfuscated form in the background as compositional aide to move the eye around the work.