Artist Statement

For me, the process of painting is communication.
Not with the viewer.
That relationship is between them and the painting. It is theirs, not mine. It is intimate, it is none of my business. My communication is with the painting. The painting will tell me what it needs. Sometimes it will make loud demands; sometimes it will make quiet suggestions.
Sometimes it will pout and not say anything at all. Sometimes it will try and trick me into giving it something it doesn’t need, like a toddler begging for candy.
Sometimes it will make me guess.
Sometimes I’m too dense to get it, and sometimes I’m mean and withholding. Sometimes I want something different and we fight. Generally, the painting wins.