Santa Barbara Studio Artists

My paintings have become about lines in space and color. I just kept simplifying until that is what I was left with. I have often described the lines in my paintings as lyrical. I see in the interplay of line, color and space a dialogue as well as sensation. The lines interact in parallel to the way music moves and carries us. They create an experience beyond the literal. There is so much potential in losing and finding the line again as in letting go and being awakened. Lines like music create potential for mystery. Their quality, density or spaciousness, boldness or loftiness etc, offer a world of visual experience. Often the challenge is to say something poignant or precise with the least amount of distraction. Having all the lines support a complete whole. I think one can fall in love with line and the act of spontaneously creating a visual experience with line. Line can enchant us as music does.