I'm often asked about the stories behind my paintings.  I don’t actively look for a narrative. I’ve always had a strong sense of some shadow world which is larger, older, and wilder, a vast reservoir that lies under the skin of the world and just outside the periphery of my vision. The paintings are an attempt to bring a fragment of it into the waking world. I have no direct access, so I try to let it come on its own. This means trying not to think too hard as I choose and place my figures. They go in and are taken out, often many times in a single painting, until they come together in a way that resonates, or creates a dissonance; that projects a singular mood and atmosphere.  The figures create their own narrative, with my guidance, and the meaning, the story, emerges as a projection of the viewer's own internal landscape.