For the past eight years I have focused on painting urban landscapes. I find visual inspiration in my immediate surroundings and am drawn to a given subject due to its aesthetic qualities, especially the effects of light and shadow.

The various facades of strip malls and superstores and the environment around them such as parking lots, side walks and streets has become my motif. The buildings imply the larger culture of consumerism in which we live. The settings are mundane spaces often unnoticed as they are passed. To me they are visually appealing for their utilitarian architecture, sense of stillness, and the arrangement of formal design elements they contain.

Conceptually the paintings are also about the process of constructing a painting or drawing. The compositions have developed out of several interests; the first being a frontal direction of viewing, where the subject is viewed straight on. Secondly, the use of horizontal lines, vertical lines, and geometric shapes aligned to balance and emphasize the flat surface of the picture plane. Lastly, the use of a square format and precise cropping diminish the viewer’s angle of vision and emphasize the abstract qualities of the space as a whole.