Artist's Statement: Painting
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I view painting as transformation. My work consists of two elements, the outer and the inner. The outer represents the material realities of my life, observations, and experiences; they are shown using form, scale, medium, texture, and color. The inner transformation comes from my intuitive response to content, giving it shape not as it exists externally, but as it takes on life through my perception.
As my ideas metamorphose into expressionistic form, the process of creating texture, glazing, and scraping is as much a part of my own discovery as the final painting. Just as past experiences shape who we become, every layer of my paintings is integral to realization of the final product. And just as the past expresses itself in the present, each hidden layer not only adds to the depth of the piece, but also casts hints and shadows on the surface, making the whole complete… just as our past experiences are essential to our present being.
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