"My interest lies in penetrating the space and dimension of a picture with that of time. The purpose being to destabilize. The initial question was how to extend the formal dialogue."
"In a miniature, a slower more controlled pace is in operation. It is clearly a series of steps - step one leads to step two leads to step ten, allowing for the build-up of form, content, structure, and materials."
"My miniatures often have insertions of two 'time' planes. Intimacy can be understood as two picture planes, moving in a temporal bubble, held together with a tension one rarely achieves in miniature paintings. One plane is a meticulously painted surface created with a precision that is in keeping with the tradition, the other is its violation. The abstract, often gestural graffitilike marks deface the preciousness of the first layer thus shattering any coherent figure/ground relation. The experience is no longer meant to be confrontational. in this constructed relationship between a painting and a non-painting process, the focus is all about the intimacy between the two."
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