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“Each work originates
with a sketch in oil or acrylic on paper. My studio walls are covered with them.
I live with these sketches for days, sometimes years, before developing them further or discarding them. If one nags at me, demands my attention, I repaint it on a sheet of plastic
on the floor. When the paint is dry, I lift the painting off the plastic and trace the form onto a piece of aluminum. I then cut the aluminum slightly smaller than the irregular shape of the painting, and mount the painting onto the shaped aluminum. If l like the result, I repeat the process at a much larger scale.
I paint on the floor, and using a wide brush with a short han- dle, apply a mixture of polymer and pigment. Never is my hand more than a few inches from the painting. Sometimes I prefer to use my hands instead of brush because I like the direct contact with the paint.
I prefer the paint to have the consistency of Vaseline or creamy peanut butter, as I work from all sides, to create a set of brushstrokes that address the viewer in their own space and at their own scale.”