This collection of work was created (for the most part) over the course of the last 9 months. There is no specific theme. Rather, each work prompted and influenced the next, so a meandering path may be evident, particularly when it comes to palette and repeating motifs. My earliest work was created with raw instinct and in a fairly linear fashion. I would make an initial color choice or make a mark which would inform the next and so forth until I felt things were done. Excuse Me Coming Through is a good example of that. Recently, I have become more deliberate about being completely satisfied with each individual element as well as satisfied with the whole, and therefore have been brutal about removing things that don't work in either evaluation. That seems to be related to avoiding too much shouty-ness. I need each individual element to have enough space to be itself, and still to be able to reach out and communicate with the others. The six pieces in the Singing Upside Down series are extreme examples of this approach.
In the end, I am seeking that feeling of sitting on the window sill with with windows wide open and a light breeze blowing in. We can see and hear things going on outside, and sometimes things float or fly or drift inside. We don't have to be anywhere and no one is telling us what to do. We're probably drinking coffee. In any case, we are just sitting there and noticing those very small transitory exquisite moments.
