Education
BFA Fresno State University, Fresno, CA. 1976.

Artist Statement
My definition of art is that which keeps the soul connected with spirit. I am most closely aligned to Mahatma Gandhi who said: “All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self. True art must be evident of the happiness, contentment, and purity of its author.” The process in which I work relies on developing a non-judgemental dialogue. I work at not trying to determine a specific outcome or predetermined idea, allowing the emergence of individuality in each painting. The aspect of layers creates both a sense of personal emotional, physical and spiritual history in the work. Each layer reflects its own statement, compounded by the subsequent layer that adds to the visual story. Together a collective passage of time and place emerge to represent a collective idea that can only emerge from the viewer.