Speaking about his art: I have always worked to express in a direct, intimate way what it means to be human. Exploring below the surface continues to reveal intensely personal content that invites reciprocal identification by the viewer. The business of scumbling and scraping applications of paint, in order to bring forth an image, can be likened to the process of therapeutically peeling back layers of the psyche and the imagination in order to expose truth. The difference is that the search is actually a physical operation whereby the unknown can be realized. Figurative mysteries initially presented as raw expression, resolve into allegorical paintings that hold their form, line, colour and subject matter with equal importance.