I'm an unusual artist. I employ all my senses when I paint. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I have glaucoma and my body compensates very well. In any event, painting for me, involves the world around me. The music I am listening to shows up in my brush strokes, or more often than not my finger tips! Many times I paint using nothing more than my fingers and an occasional pallet knife, almost sculpting the oils. The smells of linseed or walnut oil, (rich fatness of the paints themselves) and of course the aroma of either coffee or wine (depending on the time of day) all bring my senses alive. And the colors... ah the colors of nature bring me such joy as I explore ways to convey the emotion I feel when painting a scene.

For me I am all about emotion, the passion, the evocative feelings I can bring out with the materials at hand by the gifting God has so graciously provided. If I can share what I am feeling, then you become part of my world, and therefore part of HIS world by extension. It's a beautiful thing!