Artist Statement

There is a folk belief that stories are themselves animate beings.
These stories, when they are not being told, are believed to live
in villages, telling each other to each other. They roam out into
the world, searching for episodes to add to themselves.

Eventually, a story locates and inhabits a person until it is time
to be told out into the world again. If the person nourishes the
story properly, it will reveal useful information about one's life
path.

In the same way, artworks become stories, and take on more
life as they reveal themselves to the artist. As a storyteller,
the artist uses the tools of imagery and materials to relate
the story. The characteristics of surface quality, emotion,
embellishment, exaggeration, color, etc., all build up the artwork's
personality. Each finished piece, large or small, is executed over
a very long period of time, and evolves gradually out of an organic
and respectfully attended process. Every aspect of the artist's
lifestyle is reflected in this process, creating a dynamic relationship
between artist and artwork, storyteller and story. It is out of this
relationship that the most inspiring and satisfying elements of
painting can be found, both for the artist and ultimately, the viewer.

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