In the beginning of the 1980s, I shifted away from the collage-construction style which I felt had become too identified with my work.

My interest in acrylic experimentation intensified, and I developed images which though suggesting collage/construction characteristics, paradoxically were in fact, flat and all drawn and painted.

Rich complex color interactions became a strong interest, and I developed a method of layering acrylic paint and prisma color pencil, which I found suited this exploration

In addition to other elements, I began using figurative images from teaching life-drawing classes, and my own life studies.