About my process

When drawing a bold black charcoal line across the entire picture plane, this line immediately starts a conversation with the surface. What other lines are still there? What colors? Which existing shapes were touched, divided, passed?

The path, this gesture has taken, is a trail that I follow. I am, so to speak, on the hunt.

Since I mostly paint abstractly, I have to rely on these traces and trust my instincts. I can only finish a painting if I fully engage in this process. There is often no object outside the image that serves as a template for me to follow.

My daily sketchbook practice trains the senses I need for this.