My painting process consists of a nearly unconscious flow of touch-oriented labor. It begins with a few simple choices but ends with difficult, strategically opaque decisions. I utilize geometry, repetition and color to weave and quilt paintings together. Once I've made a few basic choices concerning color palette and pattern, my process turns inward and I focus on the flow of thought and paint. Each painting takes on a life of its own. A mistake made is often the surprise I need to spur change and growth within the work. Eventually I look for resolution - What is the painting asking from me? Are my responses leading me closer to resolution? Have I done everything that I can or have I already done too much? Because of the intensity of lived experience required from this process, each painting becomes a signpost for a particular time and place within my memory.