First off, let me say I really dislike doing artist's statements.  That being said, I paint because I'm drawn to it and grew up around art and artists.  I have this burning desire to create.  My mind is restless and I'm always thinking of new things to paint and different techniques I want to try.  No matter how discouraged I may feel at times, I continue to paint and experiment.

I love color and shapes, also movement, so I mostly do abstracts.   I have a restless mind and will often move from style to style.  I know this is frowned upon, but I have a very short attention span.  I tell people I have art ADD.  My style can be summed up best by artist and author Herbert Sieber - "Why should I care about style? When I start painting, I never know what will come out."  That pretty much sums up my creative process.  When I'm inspired to start a painting, the piece usually takes on a direction of its own.  Sometimes conflicts have to be overcome, but at other times, when I'm in the moment, not really thinking about where the painting is going, I just let it take me where it needs to go.  That's when it's magical, when I don't have to think, I just have to do.  If I think too much, I usually mess it up.

I'm drawn to and inspired by the unusal and unexpected.  I draw heavily from the abstract expressionist movement of the 50's that was taking shape in New York.  From Pollock, DeKooning, Mitchell and Diebenkorn.

Someone recently commented on my work that I "used color and mixed media objects without fear".  At first I didn't know how to take that statement, but I then embraced it.  My mantra is "no fear", it really captures who I am as an artist, but it's also contradictory.  I recently wrote about myself:

- I'm fearless, but afraid,

- I'm an outsider artist who wants to be on the inside,

- I want to do beautiful art that is at the same time out of the norm or dare I say not appealing to the masses,

- I want people to love my art, but don't care if they do,

- I want to show everyone, but no one.