I finger paint acrylic onto canvas. I don’t use brushes or other tools. They make me feel disconnected from my work and hinder my creative energy flow to the canvas. The paint’s own texture, viscosity and volume at the time of each stroke influences the outcome as it rolls off my finger and hands onto the canvas to be fixed in place. In medium and approach, I can ... best describe my "art of mind" state as similar to the intense connection when two people who are deeply in love and are in the midst of making primal passionate love. When they are soulfully looking into one another's eyes and in emotional, physical and vocal rhythmic sync with one another. Time almost seems to hover like a humming bird - motionless yet working briskly to stay right there - in that space - in that moment. I take my plans, my sketches or other reference material, set out my primary paints, mark my initial guides and then release that level of energy onto the canvas. I mix the colors with the same vigor and move between multiple canvases applying each color where it is “missing” layer by layer. When painting, I paint daily, sometimes around 3 - 4 hours a day. Most works take 2 - 3 months to complete because after applying each layer I wait for it to fully cure (dry) before applying the next layer.
I create individual pieces that are their own, yet can also be placed next to one another or in a series and be interpreted with a deeper and richer context and dialog. Every viewer brings their own life’s teaching, history, prejudices, attitudes and views that I collectively call "filters". My attempts are to speak provocatively yet neutrally, leveraging these filters, to evoke the full spectrum of emotions and an opportunity for thought, dialog and insight. I leverage symbolism in form and color in many of my artworks hoping to touch the viewers beyond beauty. I consider my work to be Energy Art in that I do not strive for realism or even necessarily a exact replica of the many referential photographs I take. Rather I strive to capture the essences of the moment, the feeling and the energy representing that through color that the viewers own eye and brain must assimilate in their own way, thus allowing the viewer to leverage their own above mentioned filters to interpret the artwork that best connects with them.
I strive to be known as a Fine Art Finger Painter first and foremost. That is why my current and planned work spans landscape, seascape, animals, people, florals and abstracts as subject matter. I strive to create a strong sense of painting style that no mater the subject matter the art appreciation community may be able to recognize my work by my method and style of finger painting. This approach allows me the full creative freedom to explore new subjects and further develop my technique – thus not getting pigeon holed into just one subject or “look”. My artwork therefore has been described contemporary Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, Abstract, Abstract-Impressionism and more.