My works are composite paintings which utilize ordinary materials found in everyday life, including worn and discarded construction materials, as three dimensional objects joined in a painted or glazed flat canvas or board. The discarded or worn materials often possess a beauty celebrated in the concept of "wabi-sabi," a Japanese aesthetic which expresses admiration for beauty which is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Using everyday materials in art making appeals to me because "..It's assembling our materials into a portrait of who we are." [John Chamberlain, American sculptor]

The art making process was summarized by the American visual artist and sculptor Jasper Johns: "It's simple. You just take something and do something to it, and then do something else to it." My objective in the juxtaposition of the painting and the three dimensional objects is to create a cohesive work whose beauty resonates with the viewer.

My choice of colors is summarized by Henri Matisse who stated "A color for me is a force. My paintings consist of ..colors which clash with one another expressively."

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