Artist Statement
A cloud of snow passes a mountain, a wash of paint passes a canvas. What remains of these moments glimmers on the surface, like rain on a hillside, with white gradually shrouding the meticulous marks, built layer by layer, minute by minute.
The rhythm of painting - covering, layering, building, and erasing—lies at the heart of this work. The motion of making is balanced by the creative process of destruction and concealment. Each mark is placed, only to be muted with white, washed away with turpentine or diminished, hidden, or paired with another.
Working on such an intimate scale magnifies every gestural point, intensifies the moment. There are fewer places to hide, so more are made with the paint. Every stroke becomes a dialogue with time, speaking to the ineffable nature of empty space.Though true emptiness cannot exist here, the pursuit lies in the attempt.
This work meditates on the rhythm of nature, the delicate duality of creation and destruction.
