Artist Statement

There is a quiet struggle inherent to the act of painting. Each painting behaves as an exploration into its own compositional qualities. In order for a work to be resolved, the final answer must exist in its simplest, most reduced form. A painting, upon completion, is no longer revisited. If it is a failure, it sits in the corner as a reference of what to avoid. If it is successful, it stands as a solution to its intrinsic problem. Within this process, there is a conscious denial of the superimposition of external factors upon the work. However, non-objective work exists in a paradoxical space between the intention to create and the desire for refuting intention. Painting is inherently intentional. Non-objectivism attempts to remove this intention to allow the painting to escape from this struggle and be viewed as the painter views it: as a process, not a product.