Color! Color! Color! and a sense of harmony, of calmness, and of

homecoming. This is what I strive for in my paintings.

Having grown up in a crazy world and spent most of my adult life as a

performing artist, I think the main focus of this second half of my life

(and consequently this second career as a visual artist) is about

seeking a sense of belonging, of safety, of home. In my paintings I try to

draw you in and give you a sense of the majesty and the variety of the

earth we inhabit here in the Virginia countryside. I try to recreate

the emotions I feel when recalling a place… The heat of a summer

afternoon, the soft light of a misty morning across a valley or open field,

the shadows under a clump of trees where I used to love to hide, the

vastness and changeablilty of the skies over Virginia. All of this I hope

to share from my memories, but also to give you a sense of rest, of

quiet beauty, of repose.

I have been most influence in my work by Ann Aves Martin (who studied

with and was influenced by Wolf Kahn), Mr. Kahn's teachings, the

Impressionists, and by Rothko with his studies of color against color.