The "Undercurrents" painting started with colour inspiration from a day visiting fabric shops in Surrey, BC. I bought samples of richly coloured silks, choosing randomly from remnant pieces that caught my eye. These were then spread out around my studio. I began painting with an interest in surfaces, studying subtle folds and shadows of cloth on a tabletop. Then I considered alternate points of view as lines and ripples made me think of geology and layers. Additional colours, shapes and patterns were composed abstractly while still hinting at illusion, suggesting undercurrents of meaning, or something beyond the surface.