Drawing and painting portraits has always been at the core of my artwork. In my portraits I strive to express the passion and personality of my subjects and capture an inner aspect of who they are. My portraits evolve like improvisational dance. I sculpt in color and form, continuously transforming and remolding my image, like working with wet malleable clay. I am influenced and inspired by great Impressionist and Fauvist painters such as Monet and Matisse.

"What the eye beholds
the tongue need not explain."

Working in watercolor, oil and dry media I paint primarily animated still lifes and landscapes.  Bones, household objects and strait jackets are common subjects.  Travels in New Mexico and along the Pacific coast influence my land and seascapes.

My work has been called "intelligent", "twisted domestic", and "structural still life".