Painting Lines—Thin Networks, and Later, Slashing Fields and Swirls. . . I started painting in the 70s under the influence of minimalism, carefully applying wax crayon onto unprimed canvas in a series called Fabric Works. Inspired in part by the work of Agnes Martin, they were large yet soft, dense and light. The move to bold gestural abstraction took many years and was difficult but the Line Paintings emerged around 2001. I want my paintings to look like something you have never seen before but remind you of something you have. MORE

	1. Early Line Paintings An approach based on the kind of orderliness found in nature		2. Straight Line Paintings Foreground and background lines angled and mixed with curves
	3.Tilted Arcs Presenting paintings with their angled lines horizontal and vertical		4. Later Loops and Swirls Changing focus. Spots and dots overshadowing fields of lines and color
	5. Loops with Meaning Including elements of language. Cursive writing, words and phrases		6. Like Woven Fabrics Expanses of dense line elements, all horizontal and vertical
			7. Looping Clouds Text of interview with artist, critic, writer Joe Shannon about the Line Paintiings