My work here reflects multiple interests and directions in subject matter and technique I have recently pursued.

My use and development of collage began one day after painting for several hours and realizing that the only thing that looked good to me was my pallet. On impulse, I scraped the dried paint from the pallet and applied it to my work to describe form. I was pleased by the result and it became my creative focus for a period of time. The method created many satisfying surprises associated with composition and color placement. The mechanics involves applying paint to paper, letting it dry, and then tearing the paper into irregular pieces that I affix to the canvas yielding a collage effect. I enjoy the dance between collage and brushwork on the canvas and the way collage fractures space creating a distinct energy. I employed the collage technique to depict both scenes of contemporary local urban sprawl filled with traffic, structures, and figures, as well as landscapes evoking the traditional agricultural heritage of the valley. Most recently I have returned to a non-collage format and attempt in paint to demonstrate the interplay of the geometric forms in storefronts, with the transparency and reflective quality of glass within them. Figures in theses works add to the energy, I enjoy color and loose vitality I try to impart in my work. My principal inspirations are the Bay area Figurative Painters: Richard Diebenkorn, Rolland Peterson, and Wayne Thiebaud, as well as William DeKooning. Generally, my work begins with photographs I have taken from which I make a drawing that evolves into a canvas. I find myself taking greater liberties with the photographic image than I did formerly, allowing memory and drawings from observations to aid in the development of the work. Occasionally, I will start a piece in plain air.