My early work was based on the external world around me.  Then for a number of years I was involved in the fashion world designing accessories and illustrating fashion.  When I returned to my first love, fine art, I started with a self-examination in the “Inner Child” series. This broke the surface of my world and my several trips to Hawaii took this further by abstracting the landscapes, focusing on line and color.

As I evolved so did my work.  Inspiration comes from  books that I read, movies that I see.  Ideas about mythology, archetypes, music, even current events are valuable triggers for creative ideas.  Using color and movement, my paintings are, in their material presence, metaphors of ethereal energy.  Reaching beyond the visual, they suggest knowing unseen depths where the message hovers just below the surface and can be revealed, suddenly in an "aha" moment or by quiet contemplation.  What gives the painting a life of its own is that everyone is seeing something differently based on their own experience, and that  transports them out of their current reality to a place they have never been.

I use two approaches, one with intense preparation and planning, the other by spontaneous and intuitive action. In the first approach, I formulate a schematic which to work from and then often put the composition on my computer to rework it before I paint in the alterations. With the more intuitive approach, I reach out into the universe for a universal message; I request a meaningful something. It is something not premeditated and planned, but spontaneous, even serendipitous. Once my concept is established I am able to get in the state of flow where the composition and mark-making, color and movement are intuitive. In either approach, my underlying message is revealed as I work and the piece is finished when the message is complete.

I work in a variety of mediums.  I like the blend ability of oil paint and the intense colors available in acrylic.  Pastels provide the opportunity to paint with pure color.  I have recently started working in mixed medium with additions of sand, marble dust and other materials to enhance texture.

Nikola Tesla believed that  “Everything is energy and it's vibrating at a certain frequency.”  I am capitalizing on this idea when I present a mood. an emotion, place, and offer a thought-provoking question of our reality. I want to create images that vibrate with intensity, resonance and much more than the visual, something beyond the image.  Some paintings will resonate with you.  When the symbols and pictograms and icons offer you a rich awareness, the piece works for you.