Statement 

I strive to reveal the essence of the subject by means of abstraction and simplification.

This emotional involvement helps me avoid the fear and anxiety you feel when you start. To do this I must be forgetful of myself, and project a consciousness into my subject to get its feeling. In this different language of paint we can only rely on partial statements or the power of suggestion. My primary concern is creating my own shapes and colors, fitting nature and objects into them afterwards.

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