The built environment provides a subject for study from many perspectives. My study involves exploring the geometric landscape that
is a product of the built environment.
I am interested in how the basic shapes in the environment can form relationships that establish balanced compositions. It is in these compositions that I discover models for my work. Once an initial draft is worked out, I refine the drawing by adding, subtracting or shifting elements. What guides the hand is insistence upon harmony. Like pieces on a chessboard, each element not only stands on its own value, but also through its value as aligned with the other elements. My job is to introduce and balance the pieces into a harmonious composition. Only then begins the life of the painting, and only then can the painting’s character come forth.
One thing I’ve learned in my studies is that every place has its own identity. Every place is as individual as you and I, and like you and I, each place exhibits a personality and various moods. Depending on several factors, a place will appear different at different times, sometimes starkly, sometimes subtly.
It always fascinates me to discover a seemingly mundane
and ubiquitous spot that sparks the seed of inspiration. It may only be the way a shadow falls across the surface, or the way a shape
repeats through an area that catches my eye. Whatever the reason, it is that place in that singular moment that leads me to probe
its intricacies and subtleties, and becomes a model for deep and prolonged study.