Symbol & collage

OLD COURT HOUSE, RED DEER, 1994

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

The reason I paint is to continually explore and express the experience of my life in terms of visual descriptions of energy movement. To this end I use colour, pattern and symbol in many different combinations and juxtapositions.

Since I see such things as personal experience, cultural patterns and religious belief systems as different kinds of energy movement, the symbols and patterns I use come from just about everywhere.

The final product, I hope, leaves the viewer with a sense of joy as a part of the amazing and intricate dance of life.

There were many other paintings and objects in this exhibit that are no longer available to me.

Many thanks to Shane Young.