I work with mixed media on wood panels and paper.  Upon initiating a piece I often have a specific agenda or theme, however, frequently I allow my materials to guide me towards a statement that may be completely unrelated to my original intent.  The statement becomes an evolution of the creative process.  The finished pieces represent glimpses of my thoughts, ideas, emotions, and philosophies.

I am intrigued by the emergence and submergence of words and images in the painting process and how it parallels thoughts and ideas that emerge from, or are submerged in, our own consciousness. Just as we form these thoughts, ideas, and philosophies by building layers of information and “scraping away” what we deem unnecessary, so I do with paint, symbols, words, and images.  The contradicting aspects of religion versus existentialism, rational thought versus irrational thought, the conscious versus the subconscious, and the intentional versus the “accidental,” are themes I frequently deal with. How much of what we do is conscious choice?  How much of what we think and do is influenced by, or perhaps even “controlled” by, the media, religion, or the government?  How often are we blindly conforming to “the herd mentality”?