Every painting is a distinct testament to a moment, a gesture caught in time through a choreographed placement onto paper or canvas.  Each imprint is placed on a stark white or equally austere black ground suggesting movement, or the embodiment of isolation and alienation.  The symbiotic relationship between image and ground perpetuate an ongoing dialogue; color is used as metaphor illustrating the nature of interdependence and separation. Like hieroglyphs or words, juxtaposed, these imprints tell a story. “My aim is to produce a vocabulary conveyed through acts that strip popular ideas of blackness and convey its essence.