ARTIST STATEMENT

The works displayed represent a continuing series, each distinct in its content and imagery, but all defined by the common format of the containing box. The box serves as both the format and a component in the fusion of images and text into the complete work. Each element is informed and altered by its presence with-in the composition and derived from a personal stock of memories and associations. The final result stands, not as collection of dissimilar images or parts, nor as a reflection of something within the artist, but an autonomous object. The compositions may appear charged with meaning and associations, and resemblances in things apparently unlike, and even perplex the mind with speculations of philosophy. But any symbolic meaning or significance derived from the forms or text is found within the understanding and convictions of the viewer alone.