Abstract Figurative Paintings
Detail Approaching the Field
Approaching the Field, 48 × 48 inches, mixed media
Where It Begins, 30 × 30 inches, mixed media on canvas
Observers, 30 × 24 inches,
mixed media on canvas
Detail, Hidden Orchid
Hidden Orchid, 36 × 36 inches, mixed media on canvas
Parallel Rooms, 36 × 36 inches, mixed media on canvas
Seated Figure, 20 × 16 inches, cold wax & oil on panel
The Search
Drawing is where the search begins for me.
With charcoal, the material is literally in my hand. I can drag it, press it, soften it, rub it away, and pull it back again. There is a physical closeness to drawing that keeps me connected to the movement of the mark.
Painting extends that search in another way.
Its history builds through layers. Marks accumulate, disappear, and return altered. A buried line or color can unexpectedly suggest a form, a gesture, or a direction I had not planned. Then the painting becomes a process of looking and deciding—what to reveal, what to cover, what to strengthen, and what to let remain uncertain.
That is where the visible and invisible begin to work together.
I am interested in surfaces that hold the history of their making. The painting does not need to hide the search. I want traces of it to remain—sometimes clearly seen, sometimes buried beneath what came later.
For me, the life of the painting is in that layered history: the intimacy of the line, the accumulation of marks, and the continual movement between what is seen and what is still being discovered.
