By January 1992, I was transitioning from the black and white paintings - “Signals and Cells” - to other areas of inquiry - the more essential aspects of ‘cause’...

details had to be resolved prior to accomplishing that objective - namely, clearing distraction and impertinent data - which got me to studying more about how the brain works: consciousness; memory; environment; spirituality; energy; chakras - nature ...

At the same time, i returned to Bethlehem, ready to paint in a studio, that, after a decade of production, offered the ease of familiarity to allow optimal results - but i didn’t anticipate the severity of that winter's weather - the cold forced me into a confined, heated area of the loft where i was obliged to modify intentions of scale, which turned out to be fortuitous ...

Focusing on smaller, Barbizon-scale pieces, allowed me to work through more ideas, reduce expenses, and made a traveling exhibition more feasible ...

while working, and allowing paint to dry - i listened to a lot of music, and read ...

Gary Peacock, Keith Jarrett, Stockhausen,  Einsturzende Neubauten, Scriabin, ECM esoterics, Rudolf Arnheim, Whitehead, John Huston, Robert Hughes, Terrence McKenna, Teilhard de’Chardin, Dali Lama, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Borges, Lally ...

this period turned out to be much more productive than i imagined ...