My art is an expression of how I see the world sometimes with precision and other times with pure color.  I paint not just what I see but how I feel about a subject.  Photos are many times my starting point but seldom the ending.  Someone once asked me why my painting did not look just like the photo I was painting from.  My answer is the painting is how I feel about the subject not a copy of the photo.

I love to play with color. Whether it is in a landscape or an abstract, color is the most important aspect of my paintings.  My art like my garden is a hodgepodge of color and shapes.  I love color and revel in the way that nature blends color without the apparent need of theory or rules.  I find great challenges in playing one color against another or seeing how many ways I can use the same color in a painting.

After years of painting in oils and acrylics I have begun to play with watercolors and mixed media. I am finding that I can let myself go and not worry about the subject of the artwork but concentrate on the design and colors.  I find blending the real and the abstract fascinating.  My practical self is no longer looking over my shoulder and saying “That doesn’t look like a tree to me.”  If the design is good it no longer matters what inspiration I started with.  The end product is what gives me pleasure and a sense of accomplishment whether it is a precise image, an abstract or something in between.