In my work I create a system within itself where details combine to form a larger picture. I often start by collaging scraps of paper (doodles, lists, thumb-nails, letters, etc.) which I come across in my daily activities. I then incorporate fluid drawings of natural forms, which are a metaphor for life and change. To this mix I add obscured photographic transfers from popular media, which are semi recognizable.

While allowing for chance, I shape the picture with a constant process of self-editing.  Each phase of my work is a spontaneous reaction to what came before.  Unrelated pictures and writings overlap with morphing cellular drawings, finding their place in a frozen peaceful moment amidst the chaos.

I want the viewer to feel compelled to stand back and take in the whole painting, as well as exploring the detailed surface more extensively, and to discover what they had initially overlooked - adjusting their focus to read a small list or note before returning to the larger picture.

 

We crave certainty; we love to put a period at the end of a sentence, and that is that.  But take a close look at people, a real close look, and you'll find inconsistencies and contradictions--and that's where a closer look is needed, not a category or a definition that tells you, that reassures you: all right, you've got it!  The closer you look, the more one picture turns into two and three and four and more.

-William Carlos Williams

Quoted by Robert Coles in his book “The Call of Service”.