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Every painting has a rhythm. A certain beat or a particular harmony. It's evident to me that there is connection between the visual and the musical. In many ways painting and music belong to the same family. Color is loud, soft or somewhere in between. A painting or drawing needs a harmonious sequence or correlation of colors or elements that play to a compatible tempo.. For me, music and painting share many of the same intrinsic qualities.

 

Light is the conductor of my orchestrated, colorful, detailed still-life paintings. I am fascinated by how light is reflected and refracted by glass, creating beautiful, rhythmic, abstract shapes that can "dance" across a surface. My paintings are about the way light changes everything it touches. How it has the ability to illuminate the ordinary and make it extraordinary.

 

My subject matter can vary from flowers in a mason jar to vintage automobiles and motorcycles. Favorite childhood toys can also show up on occasion.