My journey as a painter is my artistic and spiritual connection to the world around me and to the path we humans are on as we contemplate, enjoy, struggle and influence life on this planet. An increasingly deep concern with climate change has led me to focus in my paintings on the beauty and vitality of the natural environment and its inhabitants, in the hopes of helping to bring added awareness to the part we are playing in all of this and to the interconnectedness of all things. An ongoing interest is painting the indigenous people of foreign lands as they come to terms with these changes while trying to preserve their ancient cultures. 

My desire in creating and offering my paintings is to elicit an emotional response or an understanding from the viewer, no matter what type of experience or artistic knowledge that viewer brings.