My perception-based paintings feature visual motifs from my immediate surroundings, both past and present, that weigh on my mind and leave imprints on my creative psyche. I often ruminate on a subject for months as I seek to understand its emotional and aesthetic significance by zealously recollecting mental images, sketching from life, and gathering photos. This repeated attention elevates the subject, transforming what may have started as a mundane visual—a chair, a window, a lawn—into a spectacular phenomenon.
My paintings, through both content and facture, demonstrate my psychological tendency toward repetitive thinking when dealing with memory. One motif may reoccur in multiple pieces as I explore its many facets, and many of my compositions rely on repetitive mark or motion. Looking for and collecting patterns in my visual history maintains my introspective and observant habits, and the meticulous act of rendering patterns in paint induces a centering and meditative state. Patterns of thinking and patterns of creative behavior have become inextricably linked.
August, 2024
