I paint collections of invented shapes that sit loosely along the same invisible plane. The shapes are mined from my sketchbook, photographs and my imagination. They sit upon the surface as if embedded in some thick gel. The brushstrokes just barely meet the edges of the support, allowing the physical edge of the painting to remain a boundary. Without the implication of a continued environment, the painting then assumes the intimacy of a collection small belongings in a box. Repetitious brush strokes allow forms to emerge from the inside out, as if suspended in paint.

I am interested in maintaining a sense of flux in my work. I employ texture, brushstroke, pattern and color to play with the viewer's expectations. I look for colors that vibrate, obscure and diffuse my own plan for a composition. My interest is in something unquantifiable; in moments of picturing something that has never existed and will never be realized.