PREQUEL

 It begins with a general composition that I tack down into a loose rendition and at first glance feels finished,  but my process leads to deconstructing the image to the point of losing it.  Somewhere in the process of addition and subtraction a window opens to an invisible  intelligence that I can work with and right there is when things get interesting.  The work begins to engage back, there is a conversation happening and eventually the piece animates.  This is where I find the "sweet spot" when the  still life, or abstract, enters its own visual form.  I've come to appreciate my unique path to expression despite the struggle to arrive "there".  I feel like the finished artwork is worthy because it embodies a presence of its own.