Painting is enthralling, exciting, and challenging. I love the vibrancy and richness of color and also the interplay of colors, combined with patterns, shapes and lines. Painting allows me to capture and express my feelings about the beauty and mystery of the world and the incredible colors and patterns that surround us.
My process involves building up many layers to create a heavily textured surface. I begin the process with a layer of modeling paste on primed canvas and then build up with progressive layers of paint, and sometimes papers, fabric, and other objects. I always start with a concept or design and then work intuitively from there, so that the painting takes its own natural course to completion.
