Biography
Fate can deliver itself through a painting in a manner that parallels existence with glorious acuity. I mix my color and pour my paint in thin transparent acrylic colors. Years turn to minutes, days to seconds, and as the paint shifts, churns, and eventually fastens itself, each piece begins to take its final form. This cycle is repeated endlessly, incessantly, as if my will alone could leave its imprint.
I understand my work to challenge the boundary between control and uncertainty. The grounding I feel through my work is an expression of the space that exists between these two phenomena. As the layers of color accumulate on each acrylic painting, the opportunity to manipulate the space between control and uncertainty diminishes. A sense of urgency arises, which is expressed in the textured movement of color. Paradoxically, as the process unfolds, my desire to control dissipates, and I am left with the ambiguous feeling of uncertainty. However, whereas in the past this ambiguity would disturb me, I now find the process reassuring. It is clear that, despite my best intentions, each piece will choose its own path.
