Painting
I paint what I have always wanted to see. All is instigated from within, by my mind, abstracted from the reality I perceive to an essence that represents an infinity of instantiations. My tools constrain and extend animated intention: palate knives, spatulas, pieces of sheet metal bent to purpose, utility brushes, syringes and an occasional sponge. Each gives possibilities and removes others, and so, the properties (viscosity, fluidity, texture) of the paint are defined. Emotions are strongly linked to the colors ... when I start I have one or two in mind but as soon as the first stroke is caste, immersion takes over and what was planned evolves, changes and flows, each work (painting) becoming the artifact of a performance: an experiment that includes the experimenter allowing the possibility of discovery by eyes and mind tuned to the unexpected, something that is unplanned. And with each discovery intensive sets of performances/experiments ensue, creative acts unfolding much as acts within a play.
