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I usually intersperse a series of paintings with a series of works on paper. I like the change in rhythm and approach that working on paper allows. Where painting is a marathon of molten wax, muscularity and intensity, drawing is a sprint, a gambol, a leap. It's the spirited exhale that comes after months of slow, deliberate concentration. I can move lightly and energetically through a series of drawings, jumping from idea to idea and connecting the dots (sometimes literally) along the way. Actually, drawing is an imprecise word for my work, because I don't use traditional drawing materials, such as pencil, ink or pen. As in my painting, I create a layered mesh of medium and pattern in a formal arrangement of line and dot inspired by the grid. A series consisting of 24 to 40 works is about average for me.

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