I create small scale multi-layered abstract paintings in response to places, in memory of people, and in meditation on what I am reading or thinking about. Freeform improvisational lines and swipes of color are starting points. Shapes, patterns, and repetition provide structure, and then work to direct the eye over the painting surface. Within this process, uncertainty and doubt are always near at hand, and success, in the building up and editing of marks and gestures, is often elusive. Nonetheless, the paintings must evolve; there is no linear route that will take them from A to Z. And, in the end an object is made, an affirmation. Painting reminds me to always remain hopeful, to believe in possibilities, and to always keep working.