Music moves, and so do the pictures that I make. The canvas is the format of the song, a rectangle is like a ballad. I start with a line, like a beat or a riff, or a sigh… and without fear, I play on-top. The first layer could be the bass part, or the drum? --or maybe you lead in with the melody? Whatever it is, it sets the rhythm… and the rest is play with that rhythm.

    So then, that first line is the conflict, and the rest of the process is the resolution. It is unconscious; it is instinctual. My desire while painting is to maintain a fluid harmony of brush-strokes, heart-beats, and eye pleasing forms and lines; in a smooth blend of all the colors on my palate. The result is a picture of a muse. 

   Perhaps the process is embodied in the final form. Perhaps the viewer experiences the harmony. Perhaps the way your eye moves around becomes a dance to the song? The viewer is momentarily entranced by the music.  The feminine and organic forms that come across in the paintings are non-specific; different embodiments of my personal aesthetic ideals, moods, and experiences. They become representations of my muses, myself, and the harmonies and beats that we are all moving in time with. 

   The goal that I have in my painting is very simple: I want to make an eye-pleasing picture, that takes you into an amused trance. I do this without being concretely driven by any discourse, instead I simply let my eyes, brush, and mind dance to my abstract musings and ideals.  Unlike art that is attempting to move the viever with discourse, my painting strives to be an escape from the concrete world. Just a sweet little ditty...