Artist Statement

In the work presented on this website, the viewer can follow the development of my art form from watercolor to collage and encaustic.

In the paintings found in the Wild and Domestic Collection, you see a realistic work requiring a more exacting rendition of the subject which is offset by an abstracted, somewhat geometric background. Through the rendition of just one or two animals one grasps the sense of isolation. The steady gaze of the animal looking out at the viewer tells us that perhaps there is more than meets the eye.

In the Opus And Technicolor Cows Collections, an abstract quality is achieved using the three primaries. The results is an uneven pattern similar to batik cloth. The colors may mix or remain the pure colors of yellow, red and blue and the white of the paper. After the paint has dried I sketch the subject on the paper and begin drawing it out of the background using negative painting in the background and watercolor crayons to emphasis the positive image creating layer on top of layer in ever changing dimensions. This entire process creates a depth and excitement for the viewer.

Sacred Words Imperfect employs the use of airbrush over an underpainting of a word whose letters have been jumbled. This series of paintings conveys the concerns I have for our society today. The goal of the work is to cause the viewer to re-examine the artwork and in so doing, consider the distortions of these traits in our current political and corporate worlds.

The theme that carries through my work--the search for truth, whether it is in the deadon stare of a Longhorn Steer, or the jumbled words of values that we search for in today's political and business leaders.