My life revolves around art; the art I create is grounded in drawing, something I've done every day for over 25 years, religiously. As Giacometti once said, "Drawing [to me] is a form of religion". Much of my work concerns the fmeale form; almost all of it comments on the human form: an immense terrain, splendid in infinite ways.

I have worked in series now for over 20 years, returning now and then to various series, often with gaps of several years. As a result of long hours in my studio, I have crafted a mountain of work. Most of my current work has been painted with water-based media-many in combination. Currently I am drawing in inks, with reed pens and working into the still-wet inks with watercolor, gouache and acrylics.
I make my own reed pens from "pampas grass," which is far more pliant and supple than bamboo.

I often have several paintings in progress at the same time, a practice that sometimes yields surprising cross-pollinations. I paint with abandon, but wish control at the same time; I am enamored of "the accident," though the trick is to recognize this when it happens.

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