When we come to painting there are other things to say. I am very interested in the questions of meaning and the ability of art to carry meaning. At this early stage in my painting I find myself grappling with the same concern of somehow 'striking a chord' yet without the insistence or moral seriousness the earlier New York school. How to be oneself and yet relate to a view in painting-to a school or a manifesto-to have an intention and follow it.