My focus is not to reproduce subjects but to represent them through color. I seek to penetrate the nature of my subjects with bolder brushstroke, to interpret by exaggeration, and to convey form with light and color rather using them as mere decoration on a form. I strive to make the strongest possible presentation of the observers' emotional reaction to a subjecIt has taken over 60 years for me to intellectually understand that to be an artist is not a 'job' but a way of living. Similar to breathing, it involuntarily keeps my soul alive. My body of work primarily consists...more