To me, artist's work is like that of a gardener. The gardener prunes, adds and removes. As an artist, I labor over my work by adding, deleting and reinvestigating.  Both the artist and the gardener toil and reflect to develop their vision.  Plato called this labor, "the quest for the ultimate form."  This study of form and beauty has been mine since childhood.

    In 2004, I moved to a 2500 acre nature preserve. The remoteness, gentle sounds of tide and nature, and changes in light seemed to slow time, allowing me to study and reflect. This transition can be seen in the simplification of my canvases and their focus on color and form alone. I gave up relying on the subject to create my focus and instead moved towards using color as the subject and composition.  

    Like the gardener, I have pruned the excesses to a purer form.  The joy of color and light dapples across my canvases on a grid. I enjoy a harmony between my paintings, my color and my feelings.  

And, like a gardener, I may “rotate my crops” and return to earlier forms with a fresh and revitalized approach.