A concept, in the context of each of my works, is both intellectual and visual in character. Once a conceptual order is initiated into the work itself the artist becomes accountable for each successive decision and attitude. A realization of the extent to which the artist can distinguish his own expressive world comes out of a personal structuring in one’s methods of recognizing and confronting the issues of each concept. In the working process cues for further development are often taken from the concept rather than the pictorial image. The artist takes a stance in the conscious control and development of the interaction between concept and image. The artist’s primary opportunity and responsibility in relation to contemporary developments in art is in making use of them as reference points and concept stimulators. The idea behind the piece, the physical activity involved in making it, and the product itself, all may be seen to amplify, modify, and parody one another.</h4
