To make one’s own appreciation understood and compelling to another is extremely difficult, especially when that appreciation falls on something as common as blemished lampshade.  Painting has a long history of making the banal compelling, but I hesitate to claim this as my sole purpose.  My motivation to transform into paint what I dote on visually stems from the desire to offer something new, something tangible only in the form of a painting.  It is important that these images are constructed with this material, not simply to put emphasis on a subject that might otherwise be overlooked, but for the discovery and possibilities of the medium used to construct the image.