STATEMENT

I usually like to have some kind of narrative in my paintings. I get ideas and inspiration from

reading, from old master and contemporary paintings, from nature, and from delving into my

own imagination. I like to include images that have symbolic meaning that viewers can

interpret in some personal way. I particularly like traditional painting techniques of Europe

that were used and developed before the advent of impressionism, and modern art. I study

painters like Bruegel, Raphael, and pen and ink artists like Gustave Dore. I also study

many contemporary artists who work in these older techniques. I keep sketchbooks in

which I draw imagined ideas or whatever or whoever's in front of me. Some of these ideas

evolve into paintings. I challenge myself to be as deeply connected to the subject and

process as I can.