I am after creating a believable narrative based on our world. This altered version of the way we usually look at things does not really look like our reality. I hide parts of my paintings. The details of materials will trick you. Wittiness, playfulness, creativity, and imagination are so important to me. Time and space in my work is flat yet one could enter into them… somehow. Color to me is a language all its own. There is no better visual tool to control the mood or space in a painting. Black holes might help, or make things worse…? Chimneys, building materials, pipes, and natural landforms linger quietly. “Did someone hear something?” Not always uplifting… vagueness, emptiness, and loneliness consume us in our disconnected world, dissolving the importance of history, human connections, and closeness. I am drawn to moments that are illusive, strange, mysterious, cause wonder, curiosity, magic—all the qualities that make up unexplainable wordless narratives.