“I approach making a painting, as though I am making a sculpture out of flat shapes. It just so happens that those shapes are made from paint. They are built from the ground up with a layer of clear resin between each color. This process creates depth, shadow and at times the illusion of movement. I developed this process 18 years ago, and I have been doing it ever since. I am influenced by imagery in nature; deep sea geography, space photography, the microscopic, woodgrain, etc... So many forms in nature overlap, and it’s that familiar connective tissue I am trying to tap into with my work.”