In 1989, after sustaining a serious injury, I was told I would never paint again. At the time I had achieved a fairly sophisticated skill level and painting meant everything to me. Three years later I became acquainted with the Alexander Technique which led to my recovery and had a profound influence on the evoultion of my work.

The Alexander Technique teaches how to use your body to its best mechanical advantage. It is not about doing, but allowing movement to occur naturally, without interference. Movement is initiated by the thought-the direction of energy-and release. This is how I wanted to paint.

As in the Alexander Technique, the brush stoke begins with the thought and the paint application is the visible evidence of energy's release. I can modify the image by the use of my body in the physical act of applying paint to canvas.

Visually I am interested in defining form as it moves in space. I am not looking for the grand gesture, but the subtlest movement-the gesture in stillness-the smallest change in the angle of the head or shoulder girdle that implies movement and defines form.