The work is an exploration of the power of color and texture to evoke an emotional or visceral response from the viewer. The process starts backwards, as I begin with a background and allow the image to emerge from it: almost like carving a sculpture out of stone.
Unlike when I restarted, I no longer seek to erase the vestiges of the process, so the finished pieces contain the layers of the process of continuously simplifying and refining the work. In the end, only the essential elements are left that connect the viewer to the work, or at least, that is my goal.
