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Presently my work is centered around the figure. I have been motivated by the figure for several years. I am interested in capturing it as accurately as possible with its shapes, angles, curves and bumps, colors, contrast and movements. The constant movement of the figure to me is the challenge.
My work starts with an image and I attempt to capture it. It is the shape I am first concerned with, how it cuts into the background, the angles created by it, and the relationship with the room it is in. I simply try to capture it as real as possible from what I see. The figure is “scratched out”, as I am always looking for the movement of the figure, its changing lines, the repositioning of it in the room and on the canvas or paper. “As a snail leaves a trail, so too does the figure.”
The application of medium is accidental, but what remains is true to what I see. It is a delicate balance between figure and background, figure and non-figure. The proper mix or ratio of both is important to me. This is what carries my work in the first place of development.
As the work develops, color is added and geometric lines are applied. The work can change at this point influenced by any and all things around me. At this point, music is my biggest influence: classical, rock, jazz, with each type acting on my emotions and guiding my work with different feelings.
I work in bursts of time now, usually two to three hours of concentrated, hard work. This is followed by passive study. The piece needs to work at different viewing points, for example, 2 feet, 10 feet or 50 feet. As the working is evolving, I study more and am less physical. Usually I am working on two or more pieces at once. To me, making art is a physical act. It is the “scratching out” that fulfills me…the feel of paint on paper.
My works, these drawings, are simple attempts to realistically capture the figure…a “snapshot”. I am not necessarily saying anything. If they say anything to the viewer, I do not know.
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