Gathering is a new kind of image. It is the product of a long physical and theoretical investigation into the relationship between painting and photography and the distillation of this kind of haughty material into a simple gestural action. It is interaction rather than creation. This kind of image can only occur after months of studious painting, and with a trained hand and the blurred vision of strained eyes.

There is a friction here, as one medium forces its way into the other, and as the subject matter collides with my intentions for it. There is also a forced unity. Gathering, is where my polka dot obsession transformed into something else.

Gathering, Inkjet Print 21" x 31" 2009