He has also made a significant contribution by originating the water based acrylic monotype, and he teaches this new process both privately and institutionally. In 1982 when I began working with monotypes, I found the spontaneous nature of the media to be an inner artistic addiction that released me unexpectedly from the drudgery of my figurative painting. The monotype liberated me from preoccupation with rhythms of light and shadow into new adventures with the power of surface textures and intense color contrasts. My most recent work is a mixture of contemporary black and white and color styles with the introduction of multiple transfers as a form of compositional collage using various plate surfaces including computer generated scanned and video captured images. I have found these techniques to be rich in possibilities both for new effects in color and texture and in their ability to move the viewer.
Most works are for sale directly from the artist.
His prints, which sell very successfully in the U.S., are startling images of vivid colours, unique in technique and style. I've always dreaded making statements about my work it forces me to organize my thoughts. As religion is a defense against spiritual experience, so too are aesthetic theories a barrier to direct response. We live in a time that places great emphasis on the primacy of thinking, but I've found intuition a surer guide, feeling a wiser teacher, and imagination a more rewarding companion. Carol Summers found the reversal on image in printing disconcerting, and the staccato edges of traditional woodcuts seldom fit his imagery.