General Statement
Honestly, I don't care a lot for statements. Overall they tend to be false. An overabundance of words that try to explain the unexplainable; why one makes art. The best ones state a pseudo-philosophical viewpoint that props up their work, and the worst dissects it to the point where the only thing left is bits and pieces of the idea, not the whole.
Here's a statement... I paint. I make art. I hear things. I see things. I wonder what something would look like and then make an attempt at creating it. I fail miserably at times, but sometimes I get it right. If one believes in some kind of higher power, then I think I was chosen to do this. Just like a farmer, preacher, doctor, etc., etc.. God says "do this". And I do it, for better or worse.
Yes, many times there have been themes to my work, I can't deny it. Sometimes those series or connections I made were simply giving myself a reason: a reason to paint. Other times I feel like I'm on to something. At the edge of discovery. But the biggest connection to all the pieces is that it was me that made them. They're mine. In the end, that's the only really important thing. Life goes on a little longer and I keep on working.
