My paintings are  part math, part neuroses,  part memories and the rest aesthetic sense.  I feel the only worthwhile art is purely original thought,  and even though my work may contain traditional elements of abstraction and formalism,  I allow my personal flaws shine through,  correcting them as I paint.  I feel that my true genuine self comes through in that process.  Most of my shapes have existed since my childhood,  they have made appearances within drawings I have done long before I was trained,  they are a cast of characters that re-occur,  I keep them around like family,  they have stories,  although they are not human stories,  they are rooted in my own personal architecture,  they are my own archetypes.