I am a non-objective painter. The preference to work in this manner is a natural avenue for me to express myself. Colour, and light are the main subjects in my work. This creates a tension within myself to produce something that is thought provoking, imaginative, balanced, and ultimately, great. Whether working with raw, stained canvas, or a built up, thicker surface, the intention is always the same: to excite the viewer, and evoke an emotional response. My primary influence is in the artists who are commonly associated with the Colour Field, Post-Painterly Abstraction, and Washington Colour School movements of the 1960s. Their sense of colour, light, and balance has always resonated with me, and inspires me to paint.