These paintings come into being through a process of layering, destruction and rebuilding, bringing the painting surface to a requisite complexity, though hopefully maintaining an appearance of ease. It is a process of areas painted, painted out, paintings rotated, paintings abandoned, then recovered . . . over periods of weeks or years, bringing that surface into a balance that breathes resolution and completion. It is a journey of multiple intangibles, where the painter searches to work from the inner core of authenticity and nobody else’s opinions, and to learn from the doubt that inevitably coexists.