I work primarily in three media: Oils, acrylics, & watercolors. Whether I am painting abstractly or painting a landscape, color and form are my primary concerns. Color relationships intrigue me. My study of color theory greatly influences my painting. I am fascinated at how one color effects another, and how one single color effects the painting’s part-to-whole relationship. Every element in my painting plays an important role; there is no gesture that is not important. It is my goal that every element in my artwork will create great harmony.

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    The process of painting for me is nothing short of fascinating. Sometimes the paintings visualize and make themselves known completely in my head, before I ever begin painting, and then other times the paintings start with ideas and forms from nature that can originate from an organic form such as a tree, rock, or fallen leaf. The process can be very spontaneous; I can begin a painting by making a single brush mark, without knowing what I am going to paint, and then the process will take over and the ideas begin to form with the first brush mark. Other ideas for paintings, such as a more realistic rendering of a still life, require several studies.  The most important part to maintaining a high level of creativity is staying in the process and painting every day.

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    My non-objective and abstract work is the most challenging for me. I find it very difficult to achieve harmony and unity relying on the elements of art alone, verses drawing objects from a discernible reality. I find it easier to draw exactly what I am seeing.  I am more interested in the expression of mood and emotion over representation.