The artist takes the insignificant - the paint, the ink, the block of stone, the lump of clay of the piece of wood, the piece of paper, a few words - and transforms it into something meaningful that tells a story or implies a truth. Throughout my life, I have delighted in this process of transformation, taking a rough block of stone or wood, sensing its inherent energy, and working with it to create a simple but eloquent form. I often play rough against smooth, curve against angle.

And thus the energy is caught in a moment of stillness. In my paintings and mixed media pieces I am again working to catch a moment of energy and hold it in stillness whether it is landscape or abstract. In many of the mixed media, I am capturing the moment when you, the viewer of the painting, see the person or people in the distance. They are in their own world perched on their piece of wood. Who are they? What are they thinking? Are they seeing the landscape you are seeing? And they are so far away in this vast landscape.

The dimensional paintings are assembled panels. Each irregular shape has its own peculiar energy, its own sculptural quality that I had to work with. I had to adapt an image to the form, its stretch away, its push forward and even its empty spaces. I also played the rectangular shapes against curves, spirals and circles, just as I had in my stone and wood sculptures. Again I am striving to hold the energy in a moment of stillness, like holding your breath.