For as long as I can remember I’ve been subject to creative impulse. Even my typical childhood doodling leaned toward something purposefully abstract.
Though my professional pursuits followed my other passion of the theatre and acting, visual art has always been a buoy of comfort for me. I’ve had occasional teachers and associated with other artists in their studios, but most of what I’ve learned has come from a lifetime of looking at art in museums and books.
In the wide ranging approaches or “styles” in my visual art I try to project the image as a thing in itself, separate from the subject. From fully figurative to pure abstraction I want to live with the visual product as a kind of performance art. The act of drawing or painting gives me great joy, and so while I hope the result becomes a shared experience with the viewer — appreciation of a line, a color, a composition — much of what I’m trying to achieve has already taken place in the studio.
I’ve been inspired by masters of the 20th Century — the “Modernists” — and while I’m not consciously trying to imitate any particular artist, I believe their influence is recognizable in my work. I strive for a regenerated Modernism, a continuing pursuit of newness of form and its resultant feeling-effect on the viewer.
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