I’m a printmaker that paints.
This may be a simplistic description of my artistic process, but expressing ideas with colors and shapes has always come more naturally to me than words.
I draw inspiration from what I see in my everyday – geometric patterns, concrete, steel and structure. Contrasting these industrial elements with organic forms is a recurring theme in my work.
As a printmaker, I ink plates and run them through the press until only a ghost remains, then build the color back to full saturation. But the plane doesn’t lend itself to texture, and gets flatter with each roll of the press.
Painting affords me a freer form of expression, and the ability to capture my thoughts and observations in a more physical manner. There’s an experimental quality to painting, and a fluency that you can’t achieve with ink.
My process is purposeful creativity; every decision is deliberate in its execution. By applying and removing paint and plaster on canvass, I’m building layers and texture that illustrate the subtlety of color palate and composition, as well as the complexity of surface. It’s a way of expressing outwardly what I’m processing internally.
I see each painting that I do as an extension of my prints.