My painting has evolved and continues to develop as an intuitive reaction to the perplexity of our surroundings.
I focus on metaphysical and sublime realities such as consciousness and otherworldliness, juxtaposed to cultural obliviousness to these concerns in a volatile and highly mechanized global society. I depict ecstasy bound to heartbreak, madness bound to enlightenment, the serene bound to the horrible. This outwardly-focused, existentialist reflection stems from the subconscious yet contains some narrative properties in the application of the paint which function symbolically to indicate aspects of life such as decay, loss, re-birth, excess and devastation. In contrast, I strive for an intensity of color and field which convey meditative sublimity, visual stimulation, and the necessary challenge to mainstream notions of taste.
The visual language of painting functions with absolute immediacy and, through abstraction, its vocabulary continues to expand. However, uncertainty in art remains as the principle force of its compulsion because we are all dependent on enigma, unknowing and perpetual questioning about our existence.
Therefore, the language of art must expand our curiosity rather than arc towards academic specificity.
The greatest reward for an artist is not that he or she is understood, but that people continue to stare and wonder.
Unanswered questions are the fuel of art.
Richard Heinsohn
" The mysterious is the greatest thing we can experience. From it comes all true art and science."
Albert Einstein
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