Constructed Paintings 

After years of layering abstract painterly treatments within the environments of my figurative work, I have finally arrived at an almost meditative way of using abstraction and painted collages as the subject itself. It is a new challenge but I have I have always been interested in exploring the physicality of paint and its potential as an innovative force of creativity and a way of exploring my ideas in a quiet and possibly more poetic manner.  

As my work in abstraction has expanded, I want to push the boundaries of what I know or feel as though I understand about paint. I find it exciting when I allow for randomness, chance and new variables in building up the painted surface. My preparation for a singular work might generate more than two or three times the amount of material needed for the collaging phase, but I always see value in the process as it is often the cultivator of ideas and inspiration. 

Integral to my new work is finding techniques that might compliment the idea or inspiration behind their creation. Nature, the man-made environment and our environmental footprint are focuses in the work. As the work progressed, I started to produce volumes of painted paper for exploring each idea. This library of experimentation became the impetus for creating works that are actually carefully orchestrated from hundreds of collage elements to create the illusion of a singularly executed painting.