Statement

My work is an approximation of my ideas, thoughts and feelings. I've worked a second career as an engineer and find that all representations are approximations of what we think reality is.

For example lines that I've been using are meant to be imperfect, but from a distance appear to be more perfect and straight. I've come to realize that all images and thoughts in the mind are limited by process and materials. Hence the process of painting is a feedback process where constant improvements are made upon what is visualized and sometimes compared to the images in the mind. 

I also believe that even our impression of reality is different from person to person--it's close enough usually so that we can agree on certain statements that we regard as truth, but oftentimes is surprising how different they can be. So the process of painting also includes not trusting the mind wholly and attempting to move the painting process away from the mind and down to the feeling, emotive level--some would say unconscious.