"I work from memory and studies as the actual object I'm painting may distract me from my impression. I alter proportions, adjust colors until I find something akin to my experience; an equivalent to the fragrance of a place, the sound of the birds, a child's voice.

I complete a series of studies before I paint on a large canvas. Each study is an individual work as the image continually changes. It is a process of uncovering what I'm thinking.

A successful work contains a life of its own; a sense of my being alive in the world."