| Anchored in the surface of every work of art is a moment, a gathering of moments that radiate the light of their origin. As with all things in the natural world, as with people, the space that a painting occupies does not end at its skin. It touches thought, extends into one's life, changes everything. |
| I am interested in time, in tradition. The immediacy of the past. In a psychological as well as structural reading of the human figure. In the depiction of more than surfaces; in finding what is essential in identity. In identity and gender, and their relation. In the relationship of panels in an artwork comprised of multiple paintings. In the works of Volker Stelzmann, George Tooker, Rembrandt, Piero della Francesca. In the sense of place that George Innes can evoke in his painted worlds. In the future of the figure in painting. In the role of obscurity and darkness. |