Art exists to share. My paintings and drawings are a  bridge to the soul of the subject—our consciousness, compassion, love, grief, joy, pain, and peace. Portraiture is my stage, a person, the sky, the ocean. Color and line are my language, representing the channels into a different space or memory to include the universe or possibly a single intertwining of our collective. Since childhood, I have studied the nuances of humanity, discerning people and the world around me, feeling energy, and absorbing it into my being; the soul, consciousness of ourselves, and connectivity to each other and the universe is where I begin. My art describes our transparency, our essence, to create a visual inter-connectivity of humanity. What we see with our eyes is just the beginning, the identity of a person or place is more than having a name or the limitations of our eyes. Seeing isn't believing. As I ventured towards my own death after heart surgery, I connected with the magic of our oneness. Returning to my body from the most profound love that I have ever felt offered me a glimmer of our essence. I sometimes wish I was born an astronaut.

 

  I grew up in South Pasadena, California. I worked in a graphic design studio before attending the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. I studied Advertising; eventually, I found my destiny, the Fine Art and Painting Department.