Left the building

Suffering can have a quiet existence. The daily pain shared alone among others, is often not voiced. I could say that my pain is existence. My suffering is an important aspect of life as it contributes toward enlightenment in the meandering path of one's life. My approach has not only been rewarding but surprising as well. My work evolves and has a mind of its own. In my work, I seek to make that which is internalized, external on canvas. In the work scaffolding is required from the beginning, providing building blocks to piece together in juxtaposition with or morphed into something of neither coherence nor conveyance. There is a gravitational order of placement. Pure unadulterated color, when used, is preferred, never mixed. Soft and hard washes of charcoal, pastel, and pencil are found to have infinite possibilities. There is a quiet approach to the work and a wish for the viewer to spend time with it, to fulfill, to see by simple means. Each piece has no result in sight until finished. By allowing the work to lead, the process of its completion is an exchange with the materials used and the work itself. The human condition is at the core of the work, its intention to evoke a feeling in and response from the viewer that extends my vision beyond the scope of understanding. For me, this is the pinnacle.