ARTIST

"When I step in front of each freshly prepared blank canvas I'm ready to paint but hesitant. I make the first mark, and then another, and then another.  Soon something starts to happen. I'm no longer hesitant and I begin to work with confidence. A nose appears, then eyes and then a mouth. Life starts to emerge from the flat textured surface. The image begins to look back at me and I can feel its emotion.
 
"For as long as I've been painting I've been addicted to the unique thrill of creating the illusion of human life, but as I've evolved as an artist my paintings have become as much about color and composition as they are about the people I paint.  My work is now an effort to combine the beauty of humanity with that of pattern, shape, color and good design."