“Whatever
is received is received according to the nature of the
recipient”
-
St.
Thomas Aquinas
In
abstract painting, the subject is rarely important to the viewer: it is the
painting itself - its colors, shapes and textures- that arrest the eye. To say that a painting is strong is a
compliment. Its strength may come from the combination of its colors or subject
matter or something subtle that not all viewers will feel.
I
am deeply motivated by the concept of abstract expressionism. I find this genre without borders and
as valid and alive as when it was first explored by the great pioneers of modern
art.
I
create my own vision of this exploration and utilize what to me is true urban
and sometimes is very much reminiscent of street art. My approach to a painting is unplanned, spontaneous and
often accidental. It is multilayered with many untold stories underneath the
finished paintings.
“A
craftsman knows in advance what the result will be, while the artist knows only
what it will be when he has finished it.”
W.H.Auden
