"Area One"/2002
Collage on framed wood panel, 29"x36"x2"

"Unauthorized Vehicles"/2002
Collage/assemblage on framed wood panel, 25"x33"x2"

"Burried Electric Line"/2002
Collage/assemblage on framed wood panel, 36"x43"x2"

"Welcome to the Neighborhood"/2002
Collage/assemblage on framed wood panel, 26"x37"x2"
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"Art has the ability to deepen our understanding of the human experience, - of our understanding of our spirituality, and of our relationship - as consciousness - to the physical realm."

Just as humans have always constructed environments and objects to support their lives and activities, time and use have eroded them, resulting in a never-ending cycle of construction, deconstruction - destruction and reconstruction. My work is an ongoing conversation about this cycle, and an environment whos human inhabitants and material components take on the inevitable patinas, textures and deformities which result from time spent in this material world.

My new series results from a personal intuitive dialog which is not about reference and is not derivative. Each new creation fuses an eclectic mix of materials, fragments and artifacts which have the potential to become a new landscape which salvages and speaks of its past as well as the present. In the gathering of the materials I am an "Urban Archeologist." Each new work of art results - primarily - from my willingness to relinquish control and forethought and to allow the piece to create itself by following my emotional response to the relationships created by the materials themselves. This creative process is basically the same as that referred to as "process painting." At times my desire to control the creative process, rather than trusting my intuition, - puts me at odds with myself, just as issues of control and yielding - test and perplex each of us throughout life. I have learned that the more I "trust" the process, the more powerful and authentic the resulting work will become. This lesson illuminates the importance of using the same approach to daily life, in order to let life "flow" naturally.

This new series blends Modernist views of order, unity, and coherence, with Post Modernist views of disorder, fragmentation, and chaos. This combinining of opposing theories - or forces - , gives the viewer an opportunity to explore unresolved issues from both schools of thought, and to consider the role of their combined relationship in everyday life.

"EXPERIMENTALS" & "DECORATIVES" "As the series develops, various pieces require experimentation which takes me away from the core theme - (as I understand it) - in order to further and deepen its development. Two distinct areas have emerged. EXPERIMENTALS are works which incorporate new ideas, techniques, or objects. DECORATIVES, while utilizing found materials and objects from everyday life, are more graphic, or, orderly in appearance. Their creative process is less intuitive and much more planned."