One of my first contacts with art as a child was looking at reproductions of Flemish still life paintings. I was fascinated with the way the painters carefully rendered the effects of light upon reflective surfaces. Throughout my art career, I have felt compelled to explore light and color in combination with these surfaces.

As an artist, I have an affinity for representational imagery. However, years of study and work in design have definitely influenced my art. While the end result may be realist images, the conceptual process is occupied with more formalist concerns of visual structure: shape, pattern, value and color.