A non-objective experimentation probing compositional constructs and rotating elemental emphasis, my art is an exploration of the effects of form, line, texture, neutrality of color, with varied materials on canvas. Distinct from abstracting or “pulling” from the nature of an object or idea for expressive purposes, my process is most often an intellectual exercise in puzzle creation and solving…assembling and balancing the pieces to find a compositional pose. By maintaining a non-objective format and a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) approach, I can examine and analyze selected design elements and their compatible and/or incompatible relationships for a final compositional pose.

At times, a foray into a more representational painting style provides a respite from (what is for me) highly intensive non-objective studies. While remaining challenged by the same artistic elements, in choosing a "knowable" subject I can see a beginning and end mimetic in some way to a familiar world. Whether my work is "formalistically" non-objective, emotively abstract, or representational, I recognize that my viewers will overlay their personal experience on their interpretation and ultimate connection or indifference to my art. Nevertheless, their reactions or non-reactions are always enlightening, sometimes amusing, and always appreciated.