My work stems from the desire to restore an original harmony while using nature's variety of shapes, colors, and senses as a source of inspiration. My paintings often resemble landscapes, and evoke locations where you once were, like to be or want to visit. The horizon acts as a focus of longing and a mirror of the mind.
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I believe in the revitalizing power of art, its communal imagery, shamanism, and the Zen tradition. I am more or less a storyteller with no words other than color, form, and gesture.
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Through the years, my creativity has become a path to meditation, while the process contributes to a greater unity. Aware of the commitment to achieve this unity, my studio serves as a place of joyful devotion. I draw without a plan, and paint with abandon. On a snow white canvas I draw a single line to break the tension of beginning. Then I assemble a multitude of colors and shapes until the canvas becomes a multicolored chaos.
Some areas of the canvas call out for simplification, intensification, and clarification. During this quest a dialogue begins. Shapes connect and the painting begins to formulate itself. |
This dialogue intensifies and the creative process becomes still. In this silence an energy field appears into which the canvas and I dissolve. |
Ultimately the painting - unconnected to philosophy or tradition - enters the world as an independent object. As a reflection of this intention. |
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