When viewing my paintings it is important to understand that the work translates itself through process, the actual experience of painting. The experience of looking, feeling, painting, stepping back, thinking, reacting, then painting some more is altered by phases of excitement, anger, happiness, frustration, pride and satisfaction inherent in the act of painting. The act of painting, as difficult and frustrating as it can sometimes be, is also a very spiritual and fulfilling one. The experiencing of anything, or everything, is what I want to share with the viewer.

My approach to painting is a combination of experimentation and planning. I begin making instinctual marks on the surface, never stopping to think about every decision. Afterward I step back and think about how I can make sense of the chaos I have just created. I employ concept and design to play the role of regulator; a secondary but necessary approach to my painting.

Fulfillment is the concept that drives this body of work, because I believe that as humans we all have the need to be fulfilled. Whether we are aware of it or not, most if not all of our actions are based on the attainment of some kind of fulfillment. It is a rather subjective issue; becoming fulfilled could mean happiness, balance, contentment, peacefulness, satisfaction, success, etc. What is fulfilling to me may not be to somebody else. The concept of fulfillment may not be very apparent, but as I mentioned above it is not necessarily important that it is understood by the viewer. It is mostly implemented as another tool for me, the artist, so that it creates limitations.