The new paintings for this show were made with the intent of pursuing beauty. It sounds simple, but I believe that there is nothing more difficult to achieve, and nothing more meaningful when it happens.

They are composed with a precise calibration of light, space, color, structure, texture – my visual alphabet. The language is abstraction. I have no interest in trying to illustrate other ideas with these paintings, or of attempting to misdirect the viewer. The paintings are meant to be experienced, and that is enough.

The act of consciously slowing down and taking the time to really look, was not only a necessity in producing these paintings, but is in fact essential to appreciate them. In a culture obsessed with speed and abbreviation over all else, we are becoming less and less willing to spend time considering anything containing more information than 140 characters. I hope that this new body of work is a counterbalance to that way of thinking – slow, complex, unpredictable, beautiful.