I’ve never been a concept artist. My bodies of work come together in unexpected ways and seem to find their own way with little conscious direction from me. This has been true with photography and I’ve recently discovered that it’s also true in my mixed media work.
A couple of years ago, I worked on my first abstract painting. When I had taken it as far as I knew how, I named it Abstract 001, hung it on my wall and called it done.
I pulled the painting out this spring and began to work on it again. The finished piece has evolved into something quite different from the original painting. 
It’s now called Pierced by Desire and is hanging at the Jennie Cooley Gallery in Santa Fe through the end of March as part of a group show called Hot Monkey Love.