I enjoy working experimentally, pursuing
a winding path of sweeping revisions
toward an often unforeseen outcome.
Evidence of numerous edits are left
peeking through subsequent layers, inviting
forensic examination at close range.

Incorporating a wide variety of techniques,
and with grateful acknowledgement of many
influences, I strive to cultivate a visual
language that is somehow distinctly my own.

Many years ago, my work was predominantly
representational (see images in archive 3),
and I still like to use small realistic elements
as quirky counterpoints, inhabiting an
otherwise abstract environment. These are
the result of a playful, meditative process
more than an intellectual one, and I resist
having to explain their purpose. I simply like
the subtle mystery or humour they convey.

In the end, I paint for the sheer joy of it,
responding in my own peculiar way
to whatever visual stimuli intrigue me.

"Sell your cleverness
and buy bewilderment"
(Rumi)