I am a figurative painter who paints according to certain traditions—the creation of space (vs. mimicking of space) on a flat picture plane, the use of color and space to create light (vs. mimicking of light), using the principles of abstraction to paint solid forms, composing an entire image (the whole painting), incorporating lines and curves and color and my light coming from within the painting.

I believe that we are here, alive, to be ourselves, to gain wisdom, to give love, not to miss a moment of life if we can help it, and that suffering is a given, but the meaning is built into life. I love life; I love being alive. I love nature, animals, people, shapes, colors, music, dance, Shakespeare, great writing, sex, the human body, biology, poetry, cars, dogs, and the ocean.