Artist’s Statement:

“Abstract Art had long fascinated me despite not really understanding it until I visited a museum in Amsterdam in the 1990s. There I saw a series of paintings by Piet Mondrian. The first was quite naturalistic but, as the series progressed, the paintings became more abstract. The last one was just 9 or 10 brush strokes but it said “tree” as loudly as the first. For me, it became a lightbulb moment. Through Mondrian I found my way to Bauhaus and its teachings .. my understanding being there are no rules as they stand in the way of freedom and change. Bauhaus teachings still resonate loudly today.
As Abstract Art was developing so Jazz Music was beginning to light up the world. Both disciplines growing together have a very close relationship, abstract art being a representation of jazz music. The two disciplines go hand in hand. Happy, tender, brutal, melancholic .. anywhere your imagination takes you. Absolute magic.”