Untitled One, 1994
Oil & Beeswax on Linen
20" x 18"

My work interprets the premise that the painting surface is beautiful because it is a two-dimensional surface, not three dimensional. I prefer to create the illusion of depth by using individual planes of color and line.

Untitled Two, 1994
Oil & Beeswax on Linen
20" x 18"

More traditional representations of perspective would, for example, describe the curve of an apple through detailed shading. Both systems are valid.

Untitled Three, 1994
Oil & Beeswax on Linen
20" x 18"

My expression is based on my desire to probe uninvented space. Many of my paintings are abstract landscapes. They are also interiors for things that have no exterior.

Untitled Four, 1995
Oil on Wood
20" x 18"

Whatever the case, it is the interaction between the artist, his intuition and the viewer that makes a painting what it is. It is often the viewer who can complete a work by giving it an identity through it's invocations from the painting to the viewer.

Untitled Five, 1994
Oil on Wood
20" x 18"

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