]I have enjoyed art all my life. I love both the chal­lenge of rep­re­sen­ta­tion­al art and the free­dom of abstract art. To me there is no big­ger “high” than to see that blank white can­vas become a beau­ti­ful work of art. I enjoy work­ing in oil, water­col­or, acrylics, and pas­tels, find­ing that each has their own mag­ic and beau­ty. I am inter­est­ed in a wide vari­ety of sub­ject mat­ter rang­ing from land­scapes and still life to por­traits and abstracts. I let the sub­ject and mood of the sub­ject dic­tate the style and feel of the paint­ing rang­ing from impres­sion­ism to real­ism. My land­scapes tend to lean toward impres­sion­ism while my por­traits and still life are usu­al­ly done in a tighter man­ner. With my land­scapes I try to show the view­er the poet­ry of the scene empha­siz­ing the play of light and shad­ow. I enjoy try­ing to recre­ate the mood and emo­tions I felt as I looked at the scene. With my por­traits I try to cap­ture the soul and per­son­al­i­ty of the sub­ject (whether it is a per­son or a pet). My goal with my por­traits is to cre­ate a last­ing work of art that will bring a smile to the lips or a tear to the eye of the view­er for years to come.