I think of my paintings as structures rather than pictures of something and play with the interaction of disparate mediums and forms. My work draws on modernist strategies of fragmentation and collage.
Vibrantly colored and tactile, my large paintings layer acrylic, ink, oil, flashe and spray paint to orchestrate paths of movement and mark-making. Matte blue pigment evokes a deep, often nocturnal space.
Much of my work on paper is on a type of hand-made three-ply paper used by miniature painters in India. I tear off shards of paper and fill them in with paint and the torn shapes become sort of a trompe l’oeil collage. They float through a scaffolding of dry-brushed calligraphic ink lines and translucent pours of paint.
My approach to painting is improvisational. A painting comes alive for me when I can feel the air in it. Although I am deeply interested in space and the representation of space, painting for me is about discovering an image through a process of painting, painting out and repainting until I arrive at a place which surprises me but I recognize.