My paintings are three stories:

One is the story of people and our quirks, our hard work, our loves and sudden losses, our frivolous and fragile enterprises. I frequently use myself as a model, sometimes standing in roles of common scenes I see played out around me, sometimes describing my own affairs, and occasionally impersonating inanimate objects. I aim to feel the impact of each subject, and tell each story from the first person.

Another is the story of paint: how colors change each other by proximity, without touching or blending; how shapes impact their environment; how the holler of a fast, emotional stroke contrasts with the low pop of a little dot. I paint in encaustic, with my panel flat on the bench, scraping and heating and carving and spinning it until it's old.

The last is yours.