Paintings & Drawings

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"The painter unfolds that which has not been seen." —Paul Cezanne
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“All art is abstract. All music is abstract. But it’s all real. . .We are all trying to bring that spirit, that spontaneous energy, into our work.” —Joan Mitchell
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"When you're in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you - your teachers, friends, painters from history, critics... and one by one if you're really painting, they walk out. And if you're really painting YOU walk out." —Philip Guston
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“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”  —Francis Bacon
drawings
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"The painter unfolds that which has not been seen." —Paul Cezanne
portfolio
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“All art is abstract. All music is abstract. But it’s all real. . .We are all trying to bring that spirit, that spontaneous energy, into our work.” —Joan Mitchell
vertical portfolio
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"When you're in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you - your teachers, friends, painters from history, critics... and one by one if you're really painting, they walk out. And if you're really painting YOU walk out." —Philip Guston
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“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”  —Francis Bacon
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About
the work
Moonlight penetrates to the bottom of the pool,
Yet in the water no trace is left.
Zenrin Kushu
Spontaneity drives my creative process. I do not start with any preconceived idea, except deciding which colors to begin with. I want to be surprised by the work as it unfolds, instead of consciously directing or shaping it. I feel swept up by the medium, forgetting time, forgetting environment, forgetting self. The paint takes over and I am the vehicle—leaping into the unknown—and it is both terrifying and uplifting.
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Summer/Fall 2019