Bromfield Gallery 2009
My paintings focus on the contrast between the accidental flow of materials such as paint drips and sprays and the deliberate placement of lines and marks derived from found sources such as doodles and stencils. I seek a provocative interplay among the elements in each piece. My painting process is one of addition and subtraction until the piece feels resolved. A recurring element in my work has been the use of doodle shapes from my son’s discarded high school notebooks as well as marks I find or make up myself. I photocopy these marks onto transparencies in order to cast the images directly onto my painting surfaces via an overhead projector, allowing me to control the size and placement of each doodle shape. The enlargements of the doodles result in expressive, burred lines that I reproduce as closely as possible in paint. I control the placement of the marks in order to create an interesting composition.