It seems that an artist who has come to their most refined point, then one comes to a “plateau”; as if the artist progress very little further, if at all, at all of their artistic levels. Monet, amongst many others, is my favored example of this; he needed not any longer to progress because his work was so complete and refined, perhaps even perfect. I truly believe that the notion of further refinement in his work, if it was even possible, would have been very, very unnecessary.

My work continues to change; I am still working to refine my art in terms of aesthetics, meaning, skill level, etc. My centration on pre-20th century art constitutions and their canonical aspects are coming to an end and I am moving forward from much of it. I am focusing more on what the surrealists have done, and then after much time, I’ll have to move on from what the 20th century had contributed to art. If I succeed, then I’ll have moved into an artistic, intellectual, and very personal state of being that should be uniquely my own.

Until then, it is a very slow and very focused climb forward and upwards. I wish to reach the point of “beyond”. This is where I believe that I will Plateau.