"For me, whether a painting is representational or abstract is an evolutionary process. Although I sometimes start and stay with a purely interpretational style, there are times when I start a painting from observation and the painting takes on a reality of its own, evolving into a reaction to reality that I interpret on the canvas.

I find pleasure in expanding one's view of a scene or object to include lines and forms that are obscured from view or in which I create the imagined movement of the forms. In nature, for example, I enjoy observing and painting the rhythm, texture, and reflective properties of water. Landscapes, for another example, can be observed in a unique way when reflected on the surface of water.

At the other extreme, I sometimes begin a painting by making a mark, shape, or form on a blank canvas, and then develop the painting from subsequent personal responses in line, color, and form until the final work evolves. These paintings are often related to images from dreams or my mind's eye.

I would say my work is more of an approach to interpreting reality rather than a philosophy about it. The only thing I can say for sure is that expressing myself through images it is an important part of who I am."