"When an idea comes to me I set it to simmer on the back burner of my mind and give it a stir from time to time.  Eventually I feel compelled to pour it out onto paper or canvas.  I work spontaneously then, from photographs, sketches, emotions, and poetry; allowing the wet pigments to mingle and push each other aside.  The drips and puddles form what to me is something immediately luscious and sensual.  

Art gives me a way to speak to the world; a safe place to reveal my soul.  When I paint my heart opens to creation."