My current work consists of acrylic paint, glue, and non-traditional materials on wood panel. The style is abstract and involves adding and removing components with traditional and non-traditional implements including power tools. The techniques employed result in a “layered” aesthetic that allows the viewer to see and imagine the work involved as well as my energy at the time of creation. Each mark is made in response to the marks previously applied. Very little of the work is planned at the onset. In essence, I am communicating with the work and allowing “it” to tell me what it needs and what should come next
The work developed from contemplation of the balance between control and chance. Personal conflicts have given rise to the question “how much control do we really have?” While we make choices that set events in motion, we ultimately lose some of that control and must rely on circumstances playing out as they will. I am fascinated with the compulsion to harness control versus embracing chance.
