The architectural subject is used as a structural vehicle to explore formal artistic concerns such as light, space, and color. Each painting begins with a predetermined palette of colors that defines the picture’s time of day and atmospheric conditions. Images evolve via a loose, painterly process that includes painting, scraping, wiping and over-painting. Much of what becomes recognizable and specific in the paintings originates from a set of vague, general shapes that are refined until a satisfactory degree of finish is achieved. Melted beeswax is mixed into oil paint to add weight, smoothness, and translucency. The various layers of finished paintings are fused together with a high heat element, sealing them permanently.