My art represents all of what I've been, all of what I've seen and much of what I've felt. It has been with me through pain, joy, chaos and calm. As I've traveled through each of these human events my art has allowed me to find opportunities to reflect that which is too great to carry alone. It enables me to provide a translation for what an experience or face or vision has communicated to me. When my painting allows its audience a moment to step away from daily living and pause to smile, cry or smirk I feel success. Most often the subject of my painting...more