Artist's Statement

My expressionist art form evolves through gestural lines onto the blank canvas. I view these preliminary lines with unfocused eyes (via relaxation of the ciliary muscles in the eyes). This causes the eye to lose focus and allows me to place gestural lines that initiate image creation. I have worked this way since my mid-twenties in an increasingly complex manner. I have since learned that this practice is described as a 'Jungian' format, aimed to bring the unconscious into a visible state (aka Spontaneous Form) while awake as opposed to dream state. The process allows an evolving conversation between self and canvas.