Observing color in nature has been a lot of my inspiration from growing up in Boulder. As a child, I spent hours looking at clouds, water, and trees. I am fascinated by the way color and color relationships change with light and these skills are enhanced by my work with Chuck Ceraso. You might feel the energy in a painting as you take the time to enter the work. If we can teach people to look into a work and FEEL, then we are getting somewhere. I believe art is here to open that place inside someone that may not be able to open in any other way. My story is also about resilience. I spent my childhood trying not to be too expressive, even though I knew I was an artist, as I groomed to be an engineer. Eventually I returned to art and had made over 700 works that were consumed by the Marshall Fire. Again the work chose me. Painting calls to me in a way I cannot deny. My hope is to open a place within you to allow you to deeply see through the use of color, shape, and movement.My work is heavily influenced by my love of water and nature. I have spent countless hours swimming and being in the woods, plains, and the desert. I am deeply moved by these experiences and you will see them in my work. I paint primarily in oil as I love its texture and color. I mix all of my colors on the palette, nothing comes directly from a tube. Complexity of colors and their dance with the colors around them excites me. I allow the energy and intuition of painting to guide the movements on the canvas. I also love to do abstract pastel paintings on paper which are more influenced by my childhood and Alexander Calder with his exceptional use of shape. My hope is that these works all have energy that can be felt and beauty that takes the viewer on an adventure.