As an adult who went to live with my adopted family around the age of one, I have begun to wonder whether I came to abstraction because much of what I have to convey is preverbal.
To look at my paintings is to see evidence of a struggle, often joyful, using different techniques, language, if you will, to get my emotional meaning across.
My process involves painting directly on the surface or indirectly on a disposable palette sheet which I then press onto the painting surface. I enjoy the placement of controlled hard edge forms with softer ones. I use repetition of forms as an organizing principle.