I have had the privilege to live a very eclectic, some would say, colorful life. It has provided me with many wonderful and unique experiences, the opportunity to see many places and meet all kinds of people. The one common denominator I have found among people is their innate love of and desire for beauty, be it music, art, poetry, dance, or design. Beauty such as this can transform people’s lives, bringing together and uniting communities of diverse and different people. Having lived long enough and seen certain unflattering aspects of life, I am committed to contributing beauty to the world.

Beauty can be found all around us in everyday life, if we look long enough and hard enough. It isn’t always easy to find, and it isn’t always obvious, but often appears in the most unexpected ways. My paintings are often derived from the internal thoughts, feelings and emotions evoked by beauty. Rather than convey this beauty in a conventional, representational form, I reference music, dreams, memories, nature and artistic influences for inspiration, and attempt to convey the beauty and my joy in the abstract, via color, shape, texture, mark making and space. I leave it to every individual to view and interpret the images through their own personal lens.