“I start my abstract paintings by drawing.  Dividing and carving up the space, creating a scaffold.  Shapes and relationships emerge.  Some of these parts resist transformation, other are malleable.  Thousands of small decisions become moments that are frozen, to create the larger presence of a painting.  I experience an emotional range of urgent anxiousness to a relaxed joy.  These feelings shift until a theme is recognized, a realization that this thing has a chance to captivate.  When it is finished, I want to be surprised by seeing new relationships in a familiar arena.  I want impact and nuance.”  -Josh Parrott