Artist Statement

LIGHT--STRUCTURE--COLOR

The context of structure seems to provide access to the visceral impact of natural light and color. This relationship between light and structure can also be seen as a visual metaphor for other pairs of interconnected concepts: the finite and the infinite, hope and pragmatism, justice and prudence, faith and skepticism. This theme has become central to my paintings and I consider walking outdoors as a form of research into the spiritual power of color and the shapes that activate this potential. I seek a union of light (in the form of color) and structure that activates a psychic space in which the logic of non-contradiction has no footholds. My work celebrates the richness and delightful disorientation of experiencing light in relation to a fixed structure.

Here are a few examples of light in the context of structure: