Idle Time Painting

The independent body of work that I have created over a number of years contains many reflections. Light falling on reflective surfaces, defining form, creating pattern and rhythm, intrigues me. My work begins with source photographs as a roadmap to manipulate and alter the image to create a composition that is aesthetically exciting and meaningful to me. Reflections are used to uncover more detail than what the eye sees naturally; images that might be otherwise missed or overlooked. The “frozen moment in time” is an important element as well as it taps into our shared experiences and emotions and brings narrative into the work. I reveal ideas that photography, expressionism, and abstraction can’t. I paint what I see, as I see it, in my own way. Cars, motorcycles, bottles, glass, the everydayness of American life are my subjects. I choose representation over abstraction but the abstract qualities of the forms dominate; the shapes, lines, textures, and colors are forever interesting to me. Creatively restless and endless experimentation with style, I continue to explore the relationships between hyperrealism and abstraction.