"Charcoal is the drawing tool with the most painterly qualities. It has a freedom and a clumsiness that is easily lost with other materials. Charcoal wears down quickly, becomes pigment, and can be rubbed out. It’s like oil in spirit, and is a natural part of my working process. At the same time, it’s taken over and led my painting to increasingly resemble drawing. Small dots and light strokes suggest different objects and subjects. In the search for composition, a form emerges and the role is assigned to a rug, a curtain or a plant. A piano, a house or a window. Often with nothing more than a negative space framed between the black of the charcoal and a few solitary lines that describe the rest."