I meditate before I paint to reduce the flow of irrelevant thought. Then “intuition” can consistently slip in ideas that feel inspired beyond the limits of my personal programming. Painting this way brings in multi-level symbolism, often I don't see it until later. Light is my symbol of positive energy. In the monoprints I did from 1998-2003, the light was often like a vision of hope at the end of my “Dark Night of the Soul” period. I quit doing monoprints and returned to painting for more subtlety of color and the possibilities of the brush. Now I often experience a state of expansive joy. I try to paint with a feeling of being in the light. The starting points of my paintings are still generally landscapes, but the work could also be about energy, sanctuary, an archetypal vision, a puzzle, a feeling, a doorway into infinity,or whatever you see.
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