I am drawn to the subject matters and landscape around my rural town and explorations that I have encountered while traveling. Whether it is an animal, still life, or landscape, I am noting color spots, editing what is not important and exaggerating what needs to speak.  If you capture the correct warm or cool shapes of color, then you can accelerate light versus shadow. Color is a constant challenge. That is why it is important for me to continue studying from life. Life and nature are never the same; they will always continue to provide essence for my art.

After experimenting and exploring various media through my seventeen years of teaching art, I have chosen oils. The results are stunning transparent oils versus the opaque brushwork. Painterly brushwork used creates abstract shapes and textures, which adds a heightened emotional quality to the final painting.