It's the accidents and the planned and surprise events that happen while painting that make the whole process so much fun.  Painting is challenging, exhilarating, and emotionally satisfying. One of my main directions is abstract work.  When making an abstract painting, I like to refer entirely to some structure that I can design or conjure up, usually relating to tangible reality, somthing geometric or architectural, but also anstract, within and around which I can let the expression of emotions, perceptions, and traces of life erupt, evolve, and come to fruition. While doing these paintings, I feel a connection to composing and originating a primary-personal construct.