I believe that art-making strongly draws creative energy from our unconscious processes. As we filter the world that we experience, residues are left in our minds that become the basis for our artistic expressions. For me those expressions usually involve texture and color, thus a very sensual way of experiencing my surroundings.

Currently my painting incorporates cement and/or polymer media and fabric in a layering process. The painting surface is then worked with paint - acrylic and/or oil - and charcoal, graphite, prismacolor, oil pastels, ink, etc. This approach holds for both figurative and abstract work.

With the human figure, the layered and textured surface creates lines and blemishes that I associate with the effects of daily living. These tend to disappear as the viewer gets to know the piece. With abstract work, the textures help to create light and depth often evocative of landscape or seascape without reference necessarily to any specific identifiable place.