The great German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Frederich Hegel wrote in 1821 “we are all a child of our times” implying that human nature is not a timeless essence but penetrated through and through by our historical situation. It is said that philosophers grasp their time in thought while artists grasp their time in images. Therefore art expresses the uniqueness of the time in which it is made.

Though a piece of art may depict an event or belief held within a traditional historic period of time, art has it’s own order represented by movements that are defined by technique and growth of consciousness. And like traditional historic beliefs, each art movement lays the foundation for the next. So to understand the relevance of a particular piece of art, one must understand not only how its subject matter relates to its period of traditional time but also how the piece relates to the history of art itself.
The objective of a true artist is to build on art history in a way that advances the consciousness of art and lays a foundation for future artists to continue to build on.

My contribution to the art world stems from the theories of Wassily Kandinsky, who is credited with painting the first modern abstract art. Kandinsky theorized that art should be based on spiritual realm and not just things we see in the visual world. He believed that the harmony of color formed the principle and the foundation of art and that color had a double effect: a purely physical effect on the eye caused by the beauty of the color, but also a deeper emotional effect caused by the vibration of the soul, a purely spiritual effect.

Most of my work takes an abstract view which allows each viewer to determine what the piece means to based on their own individual historical situation. Like many historically significant artists, I have a variety of stylizations to draw from, moving freely between total abstraction and a more representational approach with an identifiable subject such as cities or gardens. The one common thread that I am most identified with is the use of color and motion that can be found in most all of my work.