The study of nature has instilled an organic quality to my work. I grew up in the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside, and as an artist I am determined to capture sensations of color and light as honesty and directly as I watch the world around me.

Working with paint became my labor of love. Grinding pigment will reveal inner qualities of color-- color that resonates and glows on a surface inspires pure emotion. When travelling I'll use native pigments to impart a real intimacy and connection to place in the paintings I might do.

Representational work is happy-go-lucky for me. To be as present in the moment in quiet observation is a process my soul yearns. Mixing hundreds of nuanced colors, touching and moving the brush is pure meditation.

With abstraction I remove a dependance on observing life. I take myself apart. I don't want to arrive at anything I know-- I fight repression with hopes of painting something new. The relationships that develop are   meaning for my work in the future.