I paint the ambiguity of the relationship with ourselves and others. We live under a veil of deceptive appearances, where almost nothing is what it seems to be and few intentions are pure. Self-absorption, squandered opportunity, the refusal to understand, limit our union with ourselves and with those we love. A moment of beauty and order within myself, or with another, is a treasure. Often I portray these themes in the relationship between things— investing fruits, flowers, or ordinary objects of everyday life with their own voluptuous individuality and letting them tell their story.

The power of beauty is primary for me. No matter how serious my theme, I cannot but express it through the ravishing effects of light, color and form in the physical realm.

I am drawn to techniques that capture luminosity. I like to build up multiple layers of translucent watercolor, and to explore the old master oil glazing technique where many delicate layers of paint create jewel-like tones. Often when I draw I like to use white charcoal on dark paper, so that the ground creates the shadow, and the drawing is finally composed only of light.