I paint only from my direct observation of reality. What I observe and discover in real time is what drives the work; nothing comes from outside that experience. It is my study of how particular color relationships function that gives rise to the form of a painting. The more time I spend studying my subject the more discoveries I make and the better I understand what needs to be expressed. I continue painting over previous color relationships that do not support newer discoveries. In this regard, I am striving to keep up with my current understanding of the subject as an experiential process.

There is a sense of visual movement that unfolds during the process of constructing the image. This has to do with how I visually read and establish various groupings, connections and sequences of color relationships throughout the pictorial space of the painting. These various color relationships are seen as interacting with one another and as a result they convey my visual comprehension of the dynamic aspects of the space and light I experience before me.