Having relocated to my hometown in Florida's Northwest, the natural beauty here overwhelms me. Though I have always been moved by the sea and her shores, and have been inspired to create images from the Atlantic Coast, to the Pacific and North along Lake Michigan, it is here on the Gulf that I am most in awe. It is after all, my home...and though nature's beauty can be found anywhere on the globe, this is where I want to express the essence of God's gifts.

I strive to create more than just a depiction of what I see. Composition is very important to me. Edward Hopper is one of my favorite artists whose paintings of America's Northeast most always had a very strong compositional element. Another one of my favorite artists is Canada's beloved Emily Carr, who in depicting the Pacific Northwest, stylized the trees, grass and hills representing not only an incredibly pleasing rendition of the landscape she sought to immortalize, but somehow creating a visual poem as well.

As Leonardo da Vince once wrote, (I am paraphrasing here) "Paintings are poetry you can see." In all I do, I try to paint the wonder, magic and the "poetry" I see in nature. Walk with me, look at the shells, the beaches, the water. Allow yourself to be swept away into the peace and calm of God's gifts from the sea.