“A commitment to the act of painting in which the hand of the artist, the color palette, and the gesture is anything but a neutral player–often is the catalyst to content in my paintings.”
Abstraction is often defined in terms of what it is not – specifically the absence of discernible subject matter or reference to the visible world, placing content in an uncomfortable, yet dynamic place between representation and abstraction. Within this place, line, color, and form can compete for importance. I explore the creation of visual hierarchies within a composition that is wholly determined by the intentionality of creation, obliteration, and obfuscation. Whereas, in my representational work, subject matter often determines content, in my abstract painting, formal considerations dominate.