Artist’s Statement

My friends ask me if I know how lucky I am to be certain about what I want to pursue in life.

This knowledge is a gift that is not lost on me. I am very grateful that finally at age 48, I could say that I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up.

Now, four years later, I am following a three-part path.

1.Experience great art first hand by entering every museum we get near. I always begin with visiting my friends Van Gogh , Cézanne and Matisse at the Impressionist and Post Impressionist galleries –sometimes I don’t make my way beyond them before closing time.

2.Study with modern masters. I do this in places like the Scottsdale Artist’s School, The Northwest Rendezvous of Art held every year in Helena, Montana, Coppinni Art Academy in San Antonio, TX - anywhere I can meet successful artists, talk to them and watch them work.

3.Put oil paint on acres and acres of canvas to pursue the mastering of an art form. I expect that pursuit to take the rest of this life and at least part of the next one. The more I know the more I find I don’t know.

When painting, I feel as blissful and innocent as a 5 year old. I can only hope that as a collector, the color and enthusiasm in the paintings blinds you to the flaws and you see only the joy of the child in me that created them.

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