I work with paint and the process of painting.

I am a painter who is concerned with the notion that a stranger is an abstract ideal. Currently, my work begins with a series of small sketches of strangers. I find that with drawing people I do not know, I can focus on the form and presence rather than their identity.
Through this process I have discovered, the sketches become about a very peripheral experience of observing the person whilst the identity of the individual remains largely unknown.
Upon return to my studio, these drawings become a catalyst for painting.
I found that through the process of transcribing these sketches into paint, that I must scrape and reapply paint repeatedly; forming several layers that overlap which creates further abstraction of the figure and its surroundings. Each drip, spill and accident that occurs becomes part of the image and the process changes accordingly.

The result is a painting that is more focused on an idea or subject but becomes more uncertain about its possibilities and direction.

Any identity that belonged to the subject is consumed by this new image.