Artist's Statement

My art has traveled a wandering path over the years, but currently rests at a nexus of influences that have been part of my life since childhood: tales of fantasy, the friendship of animals (both real and imagined), and the vistas of the southwestern US where both wilderness and outer space feel close at hand. Dreams and music often provide the threads that weave together these sources of imagery. For me, creating art is a vehicle with which to explore a different side of the world around us: when I observe and draw a snowdrop blooming out of the ground in winter's last days, I start to feel that I am witnessing something heroic.