About The Artist

I came back to painting at a time when some people think about ending their productive lives. I have created my life several times, and this has been the best so far. Drawing and painting have permitted me to open my inner life and my connections to the world and to the people and places I love. I affirm life and celebrate beauty, but in 2007 my muse asked me to show the contrasts in the world: the modern sublime, where beauty and terror combine. My work continues to tell about the awe and wonder the eye can see, but it now looks further afield to enter the ranks of artists who speak out about the world. I am engaged with modern issues of color and composition within a contemporary realist context; the paintings say "look at what I see." And despite commercial pressures I still refuse to allow or make reproductions of my art. They are original works in every sense of the word, and my collectors can rely on that.