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Statement, 2010 My work is an exploration through processes and materials of things physical and emotional and of the link between the physical and emotional. Recent works particularly explore the incremental building of structures. These structures incorporate previously painted canvases that are torn and cut into shingles, scales and strips and then restructured into new forms. These forms mimic the primitive building forms that rely upon natural resources like mud and reeds. Because they are so elemental, they are familiar and therefore timeless. It is this basic nature that supports the emotional content of the work. This content is not overt. These works receive rather than project emotion. Unlike some of my earlier works where emotion is blatant and aggressive, these works offer a familiar comfort. They provide a support. A large spiral shape is a roof, a shield, a head covering, a basket, a bowl, or even a vinyl record. In short it is a shape that occurred thousands of years ago and continues to recur though every generation and society. Similarly, a piece composed of smaller spirals mimics other familiar forms; breasts, lumps, hills, mounds, and even the cement pattern of a street surface. In its concave form it relates directly to the Stone Age rock carvings found in Denmark and Sweden- cups that served as fertility symbols. This commonality drives the work; this universality allows the works to be at once common and mysterious. I am deeply interested in the simple shapes and forms that have held significant meanings to all human cultures. I am interested in the basic motivation that fuels religious impulses and other human behavior. I am particularly drawn to the physical manifestation of the emotional. These works are a reflection of that interest. They are totems, icons, and shrines; they are paintings.
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