"I am intrigued with the texture of paper and un-stretched canvas when they are vigorously worked by scratching and rubbing. As layers and images are repeatedly added and removed, the surfaces become more three dimensional as the edges ripple. Like aging skin, the surfaces bear physical signs of this process, similar to life’s circumstances, and gain depth and subtlety because of it. The honing process, the process of change, the gradual removal of that which is not necessary fascinates me. The subtle suggestions that remain become remembrances of past experience. I relate to the Abstract Expressionistic attitude that embraces conscious marking along with accidental scuffs, stains and drips."