Forty-five years ago, I came across the Golden Gate Bridge on a Greyhound Bus. I was determined to be a painter and 45 years later, I am still painting. One of my friends asked me if I found inspiration from any of the places that I lived in as a Navy brat. Well, of course I do; all of us are formed by our past. But the inspiration is not necessarily direct. If I have any motto as an artist, it's this verse by T.S. Elliot: We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.