The smallest things are often what connect us as human beings. 
The calming presence of a sibling or friend, moments of anticipation, tenderness,
and personal triumph are realities we share. 

These paintings are based on memories, both personal and borrowed. 
They are an attempt to explore a collective human experience. 
Details and features remain ambiguous, inviting the viewer to seek something of themselves in the work. 
The figure (human and animal) has provided a generous vehicle for color, form and surface to evolve.  Paint and wax are layered, dripped and scraped to create a sense that the subject is still emerging…    
still ‘becoming’.
                                                        
-- Rebecca Kinkead