As a mid-career artist, I have chosen abstraction as my preferred method of visual communication. For over twenty-five years, my education and professional background in architecture have inspired my compositions. Intuition guides my process, followed by decisions about media, proportions, colors, textures, and execution. My art is purely optical, engaging the viewer’s eye and mind through the paint on the canvas, without relying on narrative or external associations. It is a rejection of contrived meanings or extraneous connections.

I draw inspiration from early modernism, particularly the abstract expressionist movement of the mid-twentieth century. The work of Motherwell, Frankenthaler, Hoffman, and Hartigan, as well as the compositional influences of Cubism, Constructivism, and the Bauhaus, inform my practice. Architectural masterpieces by Mies van der Rohe, Graham, and Wright also subtly shape my approach.

While my architectural training honed skills such as hand-drawing perspectives, sections, and elevations with precision, my expressive abstraction serves as a release from these rigid structures. This personal liberation manifests in works defined by underlying structure, seductive color, and a loose brush. Yet, the disciplines instilled by my architectural background remain a constant influence.