Artist Statement

My artwork works within a visual language of geometric forms, shapes, and, most importantly, color as light. The wall sculptures, paintings, and drawings evolved from an intuitive working process with this visual language that has developed over many years of studio practice. While painting, I am searching for the internal logic of the picture, where the elements come together as a whole, creating a contemplative image. These images reference things outside of the internal language of the painting, such as the remembered colors of a landscape, architectural forms, or references to art history.

I am interested in creating tension within broad expanses of color. A primary geometric structure often becomes the central element, which takes form after many layers and over-painting.

Architectural forms and space have been a central theme in my sculptures since the late 1980s. My interest in primary architectural forms and geometric shapes evolved out of my creation of large sculptures and installations within the gallery space.

The size of the artwork is calculated to create a more intimate relationship with the viewer. The history of non-representational artwork has been dominated by large-scale artworks that have dominated spaces. The size of my artwork allows for a one-on-one conversation with the viewer. It also opens up more of a possibility of living with the artwork, which allows for the work to be viewed over time. 

I am working within a tradition of non-representation painting and sculpture, which includes painters such as Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Ellsworth Kelly, Carman Herrera, Brice Marden, Blinky Palermo, and James Bishop, but also the representation painters such as Giorgio Morandi, Milton Avery, and James Whistler’s Nocturnes.

As an artist, I look at many artworks from the past and present. The ongoing study of art history is important to my work. Contemporary artists who are extending the tradition of non-representational painting beyond Modernism, such as Richard Tuttle, Stanley Whitney, Sean Scully, Mary Heilmann, and Sterling Rube, to name a few, are all sources of inspiration and departure in my work.

As a visual artist we are involved in seeing, looking and experiencing art. We have associations with form, materials, and color. Color, in particular, has power and meaning - personal and cultural.

2025