Paintings

Paint invariably lands on my canvas or panel, and usually the paint lands without specific forms intended. I typically start with color and motion—and an array of tools—and let the composition develop organically. Often the crowd of knives, scrapers, and other hardware includes no brushes at all.

I love playing with fluid paints that can be squirted, splashed or sprayed. They provide energy. I also experiment with a variety of acrylic mediums that act as topographic maps, crevices, wrinkles, canyons, and use a variety of materials to carve or emboss more texture and more layers. Many of my paintings are third or fourth generations—that last layer providing the rationale for the first.