I find inspiration from my travels around the world, as well as my frequent treks through nature in Northern California.  I love the freedom and interpretation that abstraction provides to the viewer.  I create many layers in each of my paintings, often with intricate marks and bold brush strokes.  The paintings make bold statements at a distance but on closer inspection, they have small surprise elements to keep the paintings fresh and interesting.  I hope that my viewers find energy and excitement in the captivating allure of my color palettes.

My favorite mediums are acrylic, oil, oil sticks, watercolor and graphite on canvas, panels and paper.  I use my own photo images in photoshop as inspiration to design creative studies and color palettes for imaginative paintings.  My favorite artists include Henri Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Mitchell, Cecily Brown, Sherie Franssen and Flora Yukhnovich.