The force of my work is wholly my own, from a lifelong practice of playful expression and a passion for creative experience. I love delving the imagination seeking the true and beautiful….in essence, line, design, color, paint, poetry, adornment, assemblage. My interest in the natural world, shape and pattern, folk magic, the quantum realm, shamanistic mysticism, psychedelic visions and the inherent power of symbols and stories have all influenced the tone of my art. If I had to stitch my artistic path to any ism, I might choose the subconscious explorations of surrealism or I could identify with the modern visionary art movement. I get high on the direct innocent depictions drawn by young children and feel the deep ancestral continuity of art forms practiced by indigenous peoples. I align with aspects of all these but only on reflection. I primarily find inspiration in the concept of image as a soulful language that speaks directly to the human heart. A conduit of illumination, from mystery to awareness. Inside out! This is what keeps me humming.