I have begun a new series of collage work. I am taking paper, cutting it into shapes and gluing it down to form landscape scenes that I will later turn into large oil paintings. I love the spontaneity of cut paper. I am not even attaching it in an archival manner because I do not want any hindrance to the quick automatic placement of each layer. I am working in an abstract expressionist freedom which I will use as a launching pad for more tightly rendered work. Paper is everywhere in my studio.