Practice

The work is built through repetition.

Painting, drawing, books, objects, and long form projects develop through a steady studio practice rather than waiting around for one perfect idea to show up.

Some projects begin with a simple rule. Make one drawing every day. Work with the same form again. Repeat a process until something changes. Other work develops more slowly through painting, masking, color, writing, editing, and whatever else the thing needs.

Repetition is not about making the same thing forever. It is a way of staying with an idea long enough to see what it can become.

Mistakes stay in the process. So do abandoned attempts, awkward versions, revisions, and the occasional moment when a perfectly good plan turns stupid.

Over time the individual pieces accumulate into something larger: paintings, sketchbooks, books, photographs, editions, exhibitions, and an archive of the attempt.

The practice is simple.

Make the work. Pay attention. Come back tomorrow.