My paintings reflect my love for cities and their
structures.My subject is the urban
landscape--a dense and complex place, alive with movement, that is forever
changing, often in unrecognizable ways.Like dreams, the cities in my paintings may contain elements of real
places I have lived or visited.But more
often, the abstracted cityscapes that I paint are places of fantasy that
represent the city experience--the sensation of being in a stimulating,
fast-paced, dynamic environment where roads can lead to unexpected places and
where buildings can appear almost overnight, transforming a once recognizable
space into something strange and dizzying.My work
surfaces, like my subject matter, are dense and multilayered. I employ a variety of techniques to keep my
work spontaneous:I work quickly and
intuitively and usually work on multiple pieces at the same time; I use a wide
variety of materials including acrylic, pastel, charcoal, pencil and markers;
and I play loud rock and roll music and dance while I paint.I have
two vocations.I am both a carpenter and
artist.As a carpenter,I get to build solid structures and objects
that are precise, rooted to a specific location and which conform to the codes
of my profession and to the laws of government.But as a painter, I get to free those structures from all constraints
and let them sway and dance along with me to the rhythm of city life.
