Many of these images were actually begun during worship services at our church under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. While we worship to music for half an hour I paint on the stage. It is just enough time to get the "message" of the morning presented. Because of time limitations and the size of the canvases (most are 40"x30") I bring them home after the service and finish them in my studio. These paintings are often displayed on the walls of our church buildings and are often used in intercession and prayer sessions. My prayer is that the Lord will use some of these images to speak to your heart.

I enjoy painting aerial view (bird's eye view) formats. They enable me to get the backgrounds integrated with the subject matter in an interesting way. As a story teller by heart, I feel that this is a delightful way to present my ideas in a new and fresh way.

I paint all of my still lifes from life, setting up the arrangements in my studio. I feel that by working from life, I can capture the feeling of depth better than a camera can. I can also see the luminosity within the shadows and the interaction of the colors upon one another better with my own eyes. I do,of course, edit what I see and adjust things to fit my interpretation and vision of what I am presenting.

My landscapes are inspired by places I have visited. I combine short on-sight sketches with reference photos and complete these paintings back in my studio. When possible I revisit the location of the painting as the painting progresses. I do take great liberties with my landscapes, however, and often combine many photos to make the one "ideal" image.

Lately I have been painting with concentrated fabric dyes on silk fabric. This is a relatively new medium for me. Some of the paintings were done in the traditional way of applying a resist line of gutta and floating the dyes within the boundaries of the gutta. In a revolutionary new approach I have been using, however, I have been applying a special homemade sizing on the silk which allows me to paint on the silk much the same as a watercolorist would paint on paper. With this method I have more control of the flow of the dye and I am able to get finer details than normally seen in traditional silk painting methods.