Small Works

Currently developing series of 12″x12″ miniatures which confronts the nature of mixed materials.

I’ve began to see what I’m doing as building and not painting, especially while using paint. These various structures made of different materials compete in a sense. They can’t help but be what they are, however, so each are their own reality, and exist in their own way. But somehow, if I build in paint successfully enough, the painted structure can exist with the others and hold its own. Of course just the act of painting something on one hand and constructing it w/aluminum or cork on another holds lots of interest in itself. There’s something of value there…. Intent is really in the forefront now because materials have such unique properties. They have to be handled correctly, though what drives this intent is something I’m just beginning to understand.