I prefer to work unconsciously, letting the painting emerge through process. Finding an image is different from deliberately setting out to create an image, and in this sense my work is complete exploration. Engagement with materials, human gesture, chance and intention, and the interaction of self and non-self in the creative process through time, all interest me and inform my practice. When confronted with something meaningful or poetic while working, it is the unconscious responding to imagery.  By means of the imagination, an aspect of our experience is translated into poetic imagery and then recognized by the senses, which in turn affects our consciousness. If the painting is successful, it becomes a world in and of itself that has the power to alter how we think and feel by way of sensation. It becomes an other for us to encounter.