“My personal history is grounded in the early 1970s at Northern Virginia Community College, where I studied drawing and painting with Jean Auvil. The Washington Color Painters were a dominant force in the art world. Auvil taught staining techniques on unprimed canvas, a method used by Helen Frankenthaler beginning in the late 1950s. The Washington Color painters - Morris Louis, Kenneth Nolan, Gene Davis, Paul Reed, Howard Mehring, and Thomas Downing - explored the possibilities of the staining processes, pushing it to new levels.
Staining gives the canvas a glow and a depth with its matte finish that is not accomplished by other methods. During the 1970s my work was representational and it was not until thirty-two years later that the seeds of abstraction and color, sown by Jean Auvil, germinated.
I have never grown tired of looking at color. Its psychological impact stimulates emotions consciously and unconsciously. The use of color in painting has yet to find its end. Color continues to challenge and inspire me.”
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