Statement on Writing

Most people familiar with my work become acquainted with it through my writing. But preceding my writing was a decade or more as an artist and art teacher, then lecturer and most recently, as an author reflecting on his studio and teaching experiences. As such, my writing takes on a conversational style similar to the one I am accustomed to; a closely made exchange between someone else and myself. Unlike conversation, which is all extemporaneous- or it is horrible- my writing, again like most, allows me to pursue a line of thinking and reflection not given to spontaneous expression, and so reader of my work will hopefully find a fuller exploration, better documented and more carefully argued than might otherwise be had.

My writing is incomplete if it not only provides an enlarged vision of the powers of art but also doable methods by which any one sincere in their efforts can achieve the same...