Although my primary occupation until 2004 was on the faculty of the Yale School of Medicine, I have been an active artist since the mid-1980s, focusing first on figurative drawing and painting, then moving to abstraction in 2010. The transition was intially to explore “duende,” the internal force inherent to flamenco which inspires blazing performance ranging from subtle to flamboyant and tragic to joyful. It encouraged a freewheeling style, guided often, and perhaps unsurprisingly, by spontaneous responses to emerging composition and color, but always seeking forceful expression. Thus, I give priority to authenticity as I perceive it over deference to “voice.”
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