Statement from the Artist

In the quiet seclusion of my study I have become familiar with aspects of myself that I can not reach in any other way. Perhaps the obsession with painting and the doing of it has become in some sense a ritual of psychic exercise. Joseph Campbell, a great thinker of our time, has stated that as one ages one realizes the interference daily societal demands put upon our lives--demands which diffuse our sense of self. Thus an individual must find a sacred place, or a “bliss station”, in which there are no outside distractions. Within this space, then, one can rediscover the radiance that comes from the “Thou Feeling” for life. Painting is this sort of experience for me. It is a time to recollect and reconnect myself



My work has an anti-naturalistic tendency, but does not reject external reality altogether. the emotional content lies within the urge to create images particular to my experiences. I am sensitive to my surroundings, and the tone or the mood of my paintings reflects this.



The paintings are produced spontaneously, with images unfolding as the work progresses. Figures and objects frequently emerge, only to be hidden under subsequent layers of paint as I attempt to catch that elusive moment that will communicate my inner vision. I create a static stage in which images seem to be frozen in time. It is a moment of suspended animation. Perhaps it is a glimpse into the realm, not of the senses, but of dreams and childhood visions.



The artists I most admire are those that are inclined to project their own deepest and remotest experiences. Piero della Francesca and Puvis de Chavannes and Balthus in particular maintain an atmosphere of dream and inner trance. Figures are caught in momentary reverie suggesting a moment when the Muse bridges the gap between reality and the transcendental.

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