My goal is to create images of color and texture that engage the eye, contrasting the two dimensional characteristics with the third dimension of illusion. I use both indirect and direct techniques, thus retaining the element of a developed surface and simultaneously presenting spontaneous emotion and artistic reaction.

Ok, enough of that stuff ..............
If you can imagine 35 years of painting and studying art, after a while you notice you possess certain proclivities and idiocyncracies in the way you work. There is an old saying that style is based on limitations.......I suppose that's true for most of us. Rather than conform to current trends or styles, i.e. plen aire, alla prima postage stamp sized paintings or whatever, I just paint the way I paint and enjoy doing it. People say they can always recognize my stuff in a show. That's because it's bold blobs and smears and has some individuality to it. It's like Third style Roman art mixed with J.M.W Turner and some Vincent thrown in there, that's about where my stuff lands.