Artist Statement
My work entices the viewer to become observant. This is not the kind of observation in which objects are given names and then tucked neatly away in the appropriate "cubby-holes" of our minds. Instead, this is the kind of observation that comes from being aware of what is happening at the moment of the encounter - visual meditation.

When elements lose their imposed names and meanings, we can truly observe. The process of making these drawings and paintings relies upon those moments when all of the mind's chatter is silent and I am no longer aware I am "painting". I am simply experiencing and reacting to what is happening at that moment. The repetitive action of moving the paint, drawing material and text on the surface with my hands (similar in principle to a mantra) brings about a state of awareness in which every mark's differences and similarities are near equivalent in distribution. The subtle variation of tone, value, and intensity of color renders precise calculation futile, so peripheral perception takes over.

Upon viewing the works for several minutes, the viewer may experience the shift to peripheral perception while "peeling" those layers away, as I did creating the works. This event fuses the artist, process, object, experience, and viewer into an inseparable symbiotic whole.