Yes, in the series of works you are referring to, I painted very freely -- almost on autopilot, or in a trance -- as if in some kind of shamanistic dance. Those works are a sort of an expressionist meditation on the nature the universe. That sounds a little pompous, but at the time I was reading, and thinking, a lot about quantum physics, string theory, cellular automata, eastern religion, and then later, locked in my studio, those are the types of paintings that were coming out of my sloppy and ill-functioning nervous system. Fundamentally, those paintings are about rhythm (again, the dance analogy)...

As for color, I do paint in color, but for the past few years I've been exploring contrast, rhythm, and structure via black-and-white. At the moment, I seem to be returning both to both figuration and color, but only time will tell. I generally go where the painting seems to be leading at the time...

Thanks!

--Pap