"Obscure, private visions that alienate the mind in daylight, keep a potent mooring within me while painting perceptually indoors. Inspired by what the mind conjures, the process of perception is influenced by contemplation. Shadows, objects and shapes are gateways to memories. What we see is truly imagined; our imaginings mingle with our perceptions. In dreaming before the rooms I paint, I come in contact with the transient aspects of myself.

Literally and symbolically, interior spaces are self-controlled and apart from the world. Rooms are states of being; manifestations of the mind; protected and shielded. The interior is a metaphor for the self.

Depth of meaning is united with active search through a back and forth process of direct observation and separation. Through the culmination of many painting sessions under changing conditions, paintings are built up piece by piece, exploring alternate descriptions in search for a response that feels right. It is through this search that variety in mark and paint application can be developed in order to surpass the objects as symbols."

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