these paintings were made along the dirty industrial shore and suburban sprawl of the east bay, where tidal waters merge with the ordinary anonymous periphery of perpetual land development.

the basis for this work is a direct connection to a sense of place.  i return for months, to the same place, working on paintings and drawings.  the subject is deconstructed and rebuilt in a cyclical process. work in the studio is created using the studies and remembered forms.

meaning is derived from immediate personal experience, translated through the physical material and presence of the painting. these paintings serve as a documentation of time and place, fragmented by memory and perception.