Why do I paint? 

Because I feel like I’ll split a seam if I don’t!  

Why watercolor?  

I love the immediacy and flow. I love the brilliance of the pigments!  I love the reflection of light that bounces off the paper through the pigment!  I love how the colors move in and out of each other on wet or dry paper!  I love that some pigments will settle in the paper surface to create added texture!  I love making marks on paper with color!  

How do I choose a subject?  

Something speaks to me, a place I love, a magnetic lighting, an emotion that’s bursting, a story I need to tell.  The visual language of shape, size,  color, line, value, direction and texture are “words” I employ to start the tale.  To keep the viewer with me, I choose from  dominance, balance, contrast, harmony, repetition, alternation, gradation, proportion, scale, unity and variety to hold one’s interest.  I leave a few things unsaid, so one can bring his or her own life experiences, to find personalized enjoyment.  Whatever the motif I paint, you can be sure it has special meaning to me, and my hope is that it will strike a chord in you, too.