My work begins with a visualization, usually a dream or vision of the past or future, even childhood memories. When I paint, I dive into the medium with near-childlike energy. Each canvas represented a new level of freedom that led to the next inspiration. Unlike glass and metal, there were no mistakes, only opportunities. The process was a mutation of sorts, a strange familiarity, or perhaps a familiar strangeness. Artmaking often exerts this quality of transmuting the known into the unknown, rendering the familiar unfamiliar.