[ S T A T M E N T ]

[ 1935 - 1999 ]
Form has, to me, always been more important than idea. Since the beginning of my conscious interest in the visual arts I have been intrigued with objects and how they are revealed by light and articulate them with drawing and painting tools on a given surface represents my largest concern. The color of the light and the color of the shadow areas and their textural variety have of late been growing in my efforts to equal my earlier interests in pure tonality and texture of air and object.

Subject material presents itself as an opportunity for formal exploration. The figure, eggs, still life, furniture, architecture, solid, real things which can be endlessly arranged and explored. I have been combining these things in composition and including nature as a catalyst which disturbs the objects: wind, water, earthquakes

-I don’t intend catastrophe only disquiet and unease. I guess the dutch “vanitas” of the 17th century come close in spirit.