There are areas in this painting where meaning lies in tension with abstraction. In the abstract field, meaning is fighting and striving to exist in my perception of the painting. When I view the painting, my mind tries to find pattern in the indecipherable code. Sometimes things start to emerge but I can never seem to resolve the meaning. I find myself contemplating things beyond that which can be articulated, the ineffable things that I can somehow sense or feel, but cannot think in words