My recent work involves very small, a la prima, still-life and figurative paintings. I create a painting a day as a challenge. I seek the beauty in real, everyday objects, from coffee cups, to flowers, to vegetables, to scissors, to marbles, to pliers.  In focusing on these items, I hope to show gratitude for the overlooked in daily life. In carefully considering placement, shape, and color, I strive to find the essence and beauty of common objects in a fast-paced world that is dominated by electronic gadgets and digital images. It is my hope that people will stop, look, and see the dignity and soul of things that are often taken for granted.

I started this series of small (6” x 6”, 6” x 8”, 5” x 7”) paintings as a daily practice and discipline in order to liberate my work by painting from life in a restricted amount of time.  My other work takes days, weeks and even years to complete one painting. The time constraint of producing a painting a day forces me to look for an essential truth.

Composition and lighting are key elements in the creative design process, allowing me to create a lively and often humorous narrative.