The figures in the paintings are people whom I have seen or may have seen. They are figures who are always somewhere. They are often a composite of several different faces and my reaction to those as a unified entity. The viewer may have met them before, or just stood in line behind them at a bank.

I participate in the celebration of objects that are utilized on a daily basis. These objects provide a contemporary landscape in which the figures live. Bread, pie, utensils and other easily recognizable items are ideal "stand-ins" for the figure. I pull from a deep pool of objects that are indicative of the addictive relationship between all of us and our things. Additionally, I continue to grow attracted to the aesthetic quality of irons and coffee cups.

In the pictures, paint and color are used in an exploratory manner. I understand the bourgeois subjects as divided into planes, blocks of observed and invented color, with acute linear qualities and value structures. One goal may be to paint the actual object so that it becomes more visually appealing that the subject itself.

The relationship between objects and figures within a single painting is not intended as a literal association. Rather, the objects and figures are juxtaposed together in a collage format that is based on a combination of deliberate compositional decisions and my own intuition. I refer the paintings as my "Picks," simply because they are the specific subjects that I have chosen; they have somehow found their way into my paintings.