All of my 2013 paintings were coming from this hibernation period where I was trying to figure out if painting was something still part of me. I was returning to these natural pigment basics. I felt that three years was too much time to still feel as if you command any sort of expertise.

This is a problematic thought because it forces a frigid measure of validation that shouldn’t exist in this plane.

I’m falling into a word soup trying to elaborate on this…unfinished piece from over 10 years ago.